Homesick Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, The Game of Cricket and our BookBrowse Review of Homesick.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. What does the title mean? Who is homesick? Who isn't?
   


2. Would you call this a novel or a collection of connected stories? Why?
   


3. Throughout the book, Fernando moves forward and backward in time, with characters coming to the forefront and receding. What was Fernando's intent? What effect does this have on you, the reader?
   

Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Vintage. Any page references refer to a USA edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other editions.