Reading the Chunksters discussion

This section covers chapters 12 and 13, the final part of the Book of Sand and the first part of the Book of the Road.

I will post chapter summaries when I have time, though it seems pointless unless a few more people are participating.

Chapter and subheadings:


12. OF JACOB’S EXPEDITION TO THE GRAVE OF NATHAN OF GAZA


OF HOW NAHMAN FOLLOWS IN JACOB’S FOOTSTEPS


OF HOW JACOB FACES OFF WITH THE ANTICHRIST


THE APPEARANCE OF RUACH HAKODESH, WHEN THE SPIRIT DESCENDS INTO MEN


OF WHY SALONIKA DOES NOT CARE FOR JACOB


SCRAPS: OF THE CURSE OF SALONIKA AND JACOB’S MOULTING


SCRAPS: OF TRIANGLES AND CROSSES


SCRAPS: OF MEETING JACOB’S FATHER IN ROMAN, AND ALSO OF THE STAROSTA AND THIEF

OF JACOB’S DANCE



THE BOOK OF THE ROAD

13. OF THE WARM DECEMBER OF 1755, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MONTH OF TEVET 5516, OF THE COUNTRY OF POLIN, AND PESTILENCE IN MIELNICA


WHAT IS GLEANED BY THE SHARP GAZE OF EVERY VARIETY OF SPY


THREE THINGS ARE TOO WONDROUS FOR ME; THE FOURTH I CAN’T UNDERSTAND’ THE BOOK OF PROVERBS


THE LORD’S FEMALE GUARDIANS


SCRAPS BY NAHMAN OF BUSK KEPT SECRET FROM JACOB


OF SECRET ACTS IN LANCKOROŃ AND AN UNFAVOURABLE EYE


HOW GERSHON CAUGHT THE HERETICS


OF THE POLISH PRINCESS GITLA PINKASÓWNA


OF PINKAS AND HIS SHAMEFUL DESPAIR