45 pages 1 hour read

Louise Penny

A Fatal Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

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Essay Topics

1.

Gamache says that the crimes committed in A Fatal Grace all have to do with belief and the power of the word. What does he mean by that statement? 

2.

Explain the concept and symbolism of Li Bien. Explore how its meaning changes over the course of the novel. 

3.

Three Pines functions as more than the setting for the story. What does the village symbolize to its inhabitants? To Gamache?