Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of November’s book, The Castle by Franz Kafka trans. J.A.Underwood published in 1926 (from page 146 - chapter 14 'Frieda's Reproach' if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. 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 youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for December is Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu(594pages) — we’ll be reading up to Page 332, the chapter entitled 'Medal' (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 9th December. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: There will be spoilers.
Future Reads:
December: Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu (594pages)
January: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (139 pages)
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