'The Bees' by Laline Paull

Ciervo Blanco Book Club organizes a book discussion in English about the novel ‘The Bees’ by Laline Paull

This is a free book discussion in English, organized at not cost for the attendees. The only requirement is to read the book!

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Laline Paull’s chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling and imaginative, The Bees is the story of a heroine who changes her destiny and her world.

Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. Yet Flora has talents that are not typical of her kin. And while mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing. Then she finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous. Enemies roam everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the high priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. But Flora cannot help but break the most sacred law of all, and her instinct to serve is overshadowed by a desire, as overwhelming as it is forbidden…

Brilliantly imagined debut set in an ancient culture where only the queen may breed and deformity means death.

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Laline Paull was born in England. Her parents were first-generation Indian immigrants. She studied English at Oxford, screenwriting in Los Angeles, and theatre in London, where she has had two plays performed at the Royal National Theatre. She is a member of BAFTA and the Writers’ Guild of America. She lives in England by the sea with her husband, the photographer Adrian Peacock, and their three children.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: It’s not necessary to book in advance anymore, just show up at the designated place on the day and time of the discussion and we’ll be there. We’re usually 12-15 people for the famous books, and around 6-8 people for the less known ones.

Book discussion: ‘The Bees’ by Laline Paull

When: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 at 18:00 (6pm, Madrid local time)

Where: Narizotas Bar, C. de Fernando el Católico, 77, 28015 Madrid

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Language: English (we’ll debate in English)

Organizer: Adrian Diaz

Contact: +34 668853320

Mandatory: Read the book

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