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Read more: The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat
I woke up at 3 a.m. still thinking about chapter 2. About Jesus and his blithe honesty even when Pilate is trying to feed him answers that could save him from the cross, and even more so about Pilate, that poor asshole, in the throes of indecision. I didn’t expect to have empathy for him, but the depth of his pain and confusion is palpable. I lay awake thinking about his inner turmoil, and considered the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other. The angel: At that moment a swallow swiftly flitted into the colonnade, described a circle…
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Read more: Sympathy for the devil
I can hardly stand how pleased I am already, just two chapters in, with the brilliant Master and Margarita. True, I was excited about it just from hearing Rusty make quiet exclamations of wonder, surprise, and sometimes what-the-heck-is-going-on-here while reading on the couch. I knew I’d be drawn in the moment he said it bounced from 1930s Moscow in chapter 1 right on over to Pontius Pilate sentencing Jesus to death in Jerusalem in chapter 2. (I’m a real sucker for an imaginative take on the old Jesus story. Love me some Last Temptation.) But I’m not just drawn in,…
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Read more: The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
Here’s another one that I had to get because Russ kept saying WOW. I got the 50th anniversary edition paperback, and fell in love immediately based on the cover art and the pulpy feel of the paper. Should be plenty to ponder in this classic! Here’s what I want to talk to you about at Book Club:
If I Had a Book Club 