{"id":321,"date":"2015-07-22T20:49:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T01:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=321"},"modified":"2016-03-04T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T20:31:11","slug":"maryville-talks-books-geraldine-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-talks-books-geraldine-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryville Talks Books – Geraldine Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Secret<\/a>Geraldine Brooks
\n<\/strong>The Secret Chord<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oct. 29, 7 p.m.
\nEthical Society of St. Louis
\n9001 Clayton Road<\/p>\n

Lecture, Q&A, And Book Signing
\n(Books available for purchase courtesy of Left Bank Books)
\nFree and open to the public<\/em><\/p>\n

In perhaps her most ambitious novel yet, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Geraldine Brooks\u00a0takes on one of literature\u2019s richest and most enigmatic figures: King David, a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage, as seen through the eyes of those who love or fear him.<\/p>\n

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Thank you to our media sponsors: HEC-TV Higher Education Channel, Left Bank Books and St. Louis Public Radio<\/h5>\n
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