Little, Big | Ideas for Group Discussions
Crowley's storytelling ability and the complexity of his themes in Little, Big usually spark reader interest and result in active discussion sessions. With a tale that encompasses the lives of several generations of a family, discussion leaders may want to begin with a review of the relationships of the major characters in the novel. Readers are often struck by the existence of two levels in the novel, a realistic level in which characters interact with each other in a seemingly normal manner and a fantasy level in which the rules of conventional behavior seem to be suspended....
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