The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil: Questions, plus a reading group guide, with links to reviews, excerpt, author interview and author biography at BookBrowse.com.
The Grand Complication
by Allen Kurzweil
Hardcover: Aug 2001,
360 pages.
Paperback: Aug 2002,
512 pages.
Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers!
Which of the characters was your favorite? Why?
Discuss any themes in the novel that were particularly resonant for you. Were there any motifs, images, or symbols through which these themes manifested themselves?
Which — if any — of the central characters experienced an epiphany? Select a passage in the novel that you believe is pivotal to a character's development.
Is the setting of the novel integral to its narrative? Would it have been just as effective if the novel's backdrop had been different? Are you drawn to novels set in a particular time or place? Elaborate.
Did you become attached to characters in the novel? Did they possess traits reminiscent of people you've encountered in your own life?
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