{"id":13808,"date":"2018-07-11T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T05:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=13808"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:18","slug":"world-cup-of-books-july-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2018\/07\/11\/world-cup-of-books-july-11\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup of Books: July 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer, the Loyola Libraries are excited to bring you the World Cup of Books<\/strong>, an interactive program to encourage reading books from other countries. Show your support for your favorite team by reading books from and about their country!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s semi final match-up is England v Croatia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

England:
\nLittle Bee by Chris Cleave <\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

The story opens in a refugee detention center outside of London. As the Nigerian narrator\u2014who got her nickname \u201cLittle Bee\u201d as a child\u2014prepares to leave the center, she thinks of her homeland and recalls a horrific memory. \u201cIn the immigration detention center, they told us we must be disciplined,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is the discipline I learned: whenever I go into a new place, I work out how I would kill myself there. In case the men come suddenly, I make sure I am ready.\u201d After Little Bee\u2019s release, the first-person narration switches to Sarah, a magazine editor in London struggling to come to terms with her husband Andrew\u2019s recent suicide, as well as the stubborn behavior of her four-year-old son, Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. While negotiating her family troubles, Sarah reflects on \u201cthe long summer when Little Bee came to live with us.\u201d Cleave alternates the viewpoints of the two women, patiently revealing the connection between them. A few years prior, Sarah and Andrew took a vacation to the Nigerian coast, not realizing the full extent to which the oil craze had torn the country apart. One night they stumble upon Little Bee and her sister, who are fleeing a group of rapacious soldiers prowling the beach. The frightening confrontation proves life-changing for everyone involved, though in ways they couldn\u2019t have imagined. A few years later Sarah and Little Bee come together again in the suburbs of London, and their friendship\u2014in addition to that between Little Bee and Charlie\u2014provides some salvation for each woman. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Request it here<\/a> or grab it from the Cudahy Main Stacks.<\/p>\n

Croatia:
\nThe attic by Danilo Kis, translated by John K. Cox<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

The Attic explores the relationship of a young man, known only as Orpheus, to the art of writing; it also tracks his relationship with a colorful cast of characters.
\nThe Attic is Danilo Ki\u0161\u2019s first novel. Written in 1960, published in 1962, and set in contemporary Belgrade, it explores the relationship of a young man, known only as Orpheus, to the art of writing; it also tracks his relationship with a colorful cast of characters with nicknames such as Eurydice, Mary Magdalene, Tam-Tam,and Billy Wise Ass. Rich with references to music, painting, philosophy, and gastronomy, this bohemian Bildungsroman is a laboratory of technique and style for the young Ki\u0161\u2014at once a depiction of life in literary Belgrade, a register of stylistic devices and themes that would recur throughout Ki\u0161\u2019s oeuvre, and an account of one young man\u2019s quest to find a way to balance his life, his loves, and his art. -Goodreads<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Request it here<\/a> or grab it from the Cudahy Main Stacks.<\/p>\n

Have you read any of these books, or a book from another country participating in the 2018 World Cup? Add a review of a book from a participating nation to our bracket here<\/a><\/strong>! You can also fill out our quick form here<\/a><\/strong>, and we\u2019ll add your review to the bracket board. Your review may appear in a future blog post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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