The most obvious suggestion of a ghostly presence comes from Catherine’s portrait, with its moving eyes and shifting body. Knowing this, how do you judge truth in the story Bina tells?Ħ.
Bina tells the reader early that her lies have caught up with her. Why? Is Catherine House as Bina expected? As the novel unfolds, how does it transform, literally and symbolically?ĥ. Bina is angry at her mother, yet runs away to the place her mother once lived. How is female friendship presented as complicated? Why is Bina drawn to Monet? How does your impression of Monet change over time?Ĥ. Suma has said of this novel: “It’s a ghost story about the tangled bonds between mother and daughter, about complicated female friendship, and needing to find a place to belong.” What’s the source of the friction between Bina and her mother? Has Bina’s mother let her down? Is she justified in asking Bina to go away?ģ. As you read, did you find your thoughts and assumptions about the real and the unreal shifting? If so, when?Ģ. In A Room Away from the Wolves Nova Ren Suma plays with the borders between reality and illusion.
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