International Book Club: Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos

Doors open at 6:30 pm - stop by early to get your tea brewed; the conversation begins at 7 pm.

Join us for an intimate evening of conversation as the International Book Club discusses Archipelago, a spare, lyrical novel that traces borders - geographical, emotional, and artistic. Set in motion by an unsettling ferry encounter en route to a translation residency on the Dalmatian coast, the novel follows an unnamed narrator through a hazy summer of translation, memory, and desire. A reunion with an old friend, who has written her into his own novel, blurs the boundaries between art and life, leading to a wandering journey across borders and an impulsive return to Greece, and to the uneasy idea of home.

Drawing subtle inspiration from The Odyssey, Archipelago reimagines homecoming through an ecofeminist lens, exploring translation, authorship, femininity, and memory while centering middle age as a moment of transformation rather than…