Lila | Part 3

Welcome back to Lila, by Marilynne Robinson. In this episode, Rhea and Shari discuss the way Robinson frames moments in scene for us through Lila’s eyes, and how these scenes give deeper meaning to the story as a whole. They talk about the many repeating objects that turn into images by the way Lila “sees” them in ways that make them “mean something.” Finally, they spend time noticing the braided narrative and the way this structure is facilitating the Great Conversation happening throughout the story.

Link to Ekphrastic Writing essay Shari wrote and mentioned in the episode:

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