Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of August’s book, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by The Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones published in 2009 (up to Ch.9 ‘The Largest in the Smallest’ if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 26thAugust), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Chapter 9 on page 138 to the end). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for September is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.
This episode will be available until November but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg
Future Reads:
September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp)
October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp)
November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280pp)
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