How did the voices of the two men, Dutch and Walker, differ through their journals? And how did the same version of the story change after being seen through both characters eyes? What do you believe would have happened to Gopher Ink if it had been able to continue—in other words, if Walker and Dutch had not been killed?…
DetailsEye of Horace is based loosely on the ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. Are you familiar with this myth (or did you read about it in the Author’s Note)? What similarities did you notice between the myth and the characters/events in the novel? Iris and Oscar are each other’s first (and only) love. Do…
DetailsIt is the most influential story of ancient Egyptian mythology: The god of chaos, Set, murders his brother, Osiris, and takes over the throne. Osiris’s grieving widow, Isis, restores her husband’s body long enough to allow him to conceive a son with her. That child, Horus, becomes the new rival for the throne, and a…
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