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EVENTS - NARBERTH BOOKSHOP.
THURS., SEPT. 20 @ 7PM: NATHANIEL POPKIN, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR OF HIDDEN CITY DAILY AND AUTHOR OF PHILADELPHIA: FINDING THE HIDDEN CITY, READS FROM HIS NOVEL EVERYTHING IS BORROWED AND DISCUSSES IT WITH JOURNALIST AND FICTION WRITER EMMA EISENBERG. THE NOVEL, ABOUT AN ARCHITECT WHOSE LIFE STRANGELY PARALLELS THAT OF A 19TH-CENTURY MAN WITH A SIMILAR NAME, IS A MEDITATION ON CRUELTY AND REGRET, A DREAMLIKE TOUR OF A CITY THROUGH TIME, AND AN EVOCATIVE PORTRAIT OF RADICAL JEWISH LIFE OF ANOTHER AGE. POPKIN AND EISENBERG WILL EXPLORE THE BOOK’S MANY THEMES: THE HISTORY LIVING WITHIN US, THE DESIRE TO LIVE A JUSTIFIED LIFE, AND THE WAYS WE DEAL WITH MISTAKES AND REMORSE.
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