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What role do the three muses, Song, Discipline, and Memory play in the book?

Why is Memory the strongest muse?

What is your feeling about Frau Koch? Does she want to be where she is? How does she help Janko?

Discuss why the two main characters—Janko/John and Katherine/Katya—have name changes and what they mean.

All of the ballets in the book are fictional. What role do they have in supporting or advancing the story?

What does Katherine/Katya get from working with Boris Yanakov? In what ways is Yanakov contradictory?

Discuss the role of family in the main characters’ lives.

In what ways are the themes in Three Muses relevant in today’s world?

What is your feeling about the ending of Three Muses? Was there another way to end it?