This month, Books, Chai & More, the Raah Book Club, will be discussing the book Joseph Walser's Machine by Goncalo Tavares.
Joseph Walser's Machine recounts a life of bizarre routines and patterns. Routine humiliation at a factory; routine maintenance of the world's most esoteric collection; and the most important routine of all: the operation of a mysterious machine on a factory floor.
Yet all of Joseph Walser's routines are violently disrupted when his city is occupied by an invading army, leaving him faced with political intrigues, marital discord, and finally, one last, catastrophic confrontation.
The book discussion will be led by Sameer Joshi, an artist & a poet. He is a Professor of English with the University of Maryland, US