Book Club Discussion Questions for The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck

1. Should Ella have stayed so loyal to Franco all those years or should she have returned to France? What made her stay?
   


2. What modern parallels do you find to Franco's thirst for national grandeur? Is it necessary for there to be war and bloodshed for a country to find its independence?

BookBrowse note: Most reading guides have at least half a dozen questions, so I checked with Lily Tuck's publisher to be sure that this was the full reading guide for this title, and was assured that it was.

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