Podcast appearances and mentions of Olga Tokarczuk

Premiär för bokcirkeln med Marie Göranzon och Olof Wretling tre avsnitt om Nobelpristagaren Olga Tokarczuks roman Styr din plog över de dödas ben. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Styr din plog över de dödas ben är skriven av den polska författaren Olga Tokarczuk, född 1962. Romanen är från 2009 och utspelar sig i sydvästra Polen på gränsen till Tjeckien. Bokens huvudperson och berättare heter Janina, som bor i en liten vindpinad by med ett fåtal hus. Hon är kunnig i astrologi och läser i Efemeriderna, en instruktionsbok som visar när himlafenomen inträffar. En natt blir hon väckt av sin granne Tröger. Det visar sig att en man i byn, Storfot, har dött och det blir inledningen på en mystisk och thrillerartad mordhistoria. Skådespelaren Marie Göranzon och Olof Wretling, skådespelare, komiker och manusförfattare har läst och samtalar om Styr din plog över de dödas ben med Marie Lundström.Till den första träffen har Bokcirkeln läst fram till och med sidan 81 (kapitel 5) i pocketutgåvan. Boken är översatt till svenska av Jan Henrik Swahn.Skriv till oss! bokradio@sverigesradio.seProgramledare: Marie LundströmProducent: Andreas Magnell

Deze keer bespreekt Anke Truijen de aanstaande Poolse presidentsverkiezingen met Dore van Duivenbode, Pools-Nederlandse auteur en journalist bij onder meer de VPRO. Wat staat er op het spel? Kan Rusland de uitkomst beïnvloeden met een grootschalige desinformatie-campagne? En Polen wordt steeds belangrijker voor de veiligheid van Europa, met z'n groeiende leger - inmiddels het grootste van Europa. Wat betekenen deze verkiezingen voor ons? Tips en verwijzingen uit deze aflevering: - Dore tipt ‘Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden' en ‘De rustelozen' van de Poolse schrijfster Olga Tokarczuk https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/de-rustelozen/34705514/ + https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/jaag-je-ploeg-over-de-botten-van-de-doden/9200000125588113/ - Anke tipt Dore's VPRO-reisserie ‘Moja Polska!'https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/moja-polska.html - Redacteur Annelies tipt ‘Een duizend schitterende zonnen' van Khaled Hosseini https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/duizend-schitterende-zonnen/9200000131509084/ Anke Truijen is verslaggever bij Nieuwsuur en valt in als presentator voor Annette van Soest. De podcast Café Europa is een initiatief van Haagsch College en Studio Europa MaastrichtDeze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Nieuwspoort.

Az 5 legjobb filmjével ünnepeljük az éppen 85 éves Al Pacinót Hamu és Gyémánt     2025-04-25 04:38:01     Film Életmű Al Pacino A sebhelyesarcú, Serpcio, Az ördög ügyvédje – csak néhány cím a 85. születésnapját ünneplő színészlegenda, Al Pacino utánozhatatlan munkásságából. Ajánlónkban most azt az 5 filmet mutatjuk be, ami a közvélekedés szerint az életműve csúcsát jelenti. Netflix: Hivatalos, elkészül a népszerű sorozat 5. évada Mafab     2025-04-24 18:36:02     Film Netflix New York A Netflix megújította az Édes magnóliák című sorozatot az ötödik évadra, amelyben a déli Serenity kisvárosból New Yorkba költözhetnek a főhősnők, írja a Variety. Április 25-én történt kultura.hu     2025-04-25 00:08:00     Színpad Csongrád-Csanád Szeged Színház Mozi Kecskemét Jászai Mari-díj József Attila Katona József Színház Andorai Péter 1948-ban ezen a napon született Andorai Péter Kossuth- és Jászai Mari-díjas színművész, aki pályafutása során többek között a kecskeméti Katona József Színház, a Nemzeti Színház, a József Attila Színház, a Radnóti Miklós Színház és a Szegedi Nemzeti Színház tagja volt. A mozinézők egyebek mellett a Bizalom, a Simon mágus, a Hajnali háztetők és a Kö Szólíts a neveden, és igyál velem öt konyakot! 24.hu     2025-04-24 19:05:29     Film James Bond Daniel Craig A Queer a Szólíts a neveden! rendezőjének újabb filmje az egyoldalú, kilátástalan férfiszerelemről, amelyben Daniel Craig örökre hátat fordít James Bond szerepének. Kritika. Főszereplő lett a felívelő ágban lévő magyar animáció HírTV     2025-04-24 22:20:00     Film Fesztiválok Annecy A magyar animáció 111. évfordulója alkalmából a júniusban kezdődő nívós Annecyi Nemzetközi Animációsfilm-fesztivál fókuszába hazánk kerül: a programsorozat a hazai animációipar alkotóit, stúdióit, producereit és gazdag történelmét állítja középpontba, miközben a feltörekvő magyar tehetségek is bemutatkozhatnak. Igazi ünnep a szemnek a Love Death + Robots negyedik évadának teljes előzetese Player     2025-04-25 04:51:01     Film Netflix Robot Közeledik a David Fincher által útjára indított animációs antológiasorozat negyedik évadának startja, amit a Netflix egy alapos trailerrel ünnepelt meg. Katalin hercegné és Vilmos herceg: Szerelmük minden akadályt legyőz Story     2025-04-25 06:00:11     Bulvár Párkapcsolat Brit királyi család Kate Middleton Vilmos herceg Kapcsolatuk alapja a színtiszta szerelem... De ezenkívül is van még számos oka annak, hogy miért ők lettek a világ kedvenc házaspárja. Dalaikkal gyógyítanak a magyar zenészek, akik hiszik, a felhők felett mindig süt a nap Index     2025-04-25 05:57:00     Zene Kampány "Akik a szürkeségben világítani tudnak, és erőt adnak a kitartáshoz" – zenés kampányt indított a Bátor Tábor. Petr Zelenka új darabjának ősbemutatója a PesTexten Fidelio     2025-04-25 09:15:00     Könyv Fesztiválok Olga Tokarczuk A május 7. és 10. között zajló fesztivál kiemelt fellépői között ott lesz továbbá Christoph Ransmayr és a Millennium-krimisorozat folytatását jegyző Karin Smirnoff, valamint az Olga Tokarczuk illusztrátoraként ismert Joanna Concejo is. "Gyalázatos lúzer!" – Pedro Pascal nekiment a Harry Potter írónőjének, amiért nem áll ki a transzok mellett Blikk     2025-04-25 11:07:48     Film Bíróság Harry Potter J. K. Rowling Pedro Pascal éles kritikával illette J.K. Rowling írónőt, miután a Harry Potter-könyvek szerzője nyilvánosan örvendezett a brit legfelsőbb bíróság transzneműeket kizáró döntése kapcsán. A testület kimondta: a nő jogi meghatározása kizárólag a biológiai nemen alapul, ezzel hivatalosan is kizárva a transznemű nőket a "nő" kategóriájából. Rowling ezt Ingyenesen nézhető filmekkel ünnepli a Magyar Film Napját a Filmio port.hu     2025-04-25 10:20:00     Film Ingyenesen tesz elérhetővé 10 filmet 10 napon át a Magyar Film Napja alkalmából a Filmio, a magyar filmek streaming platformja. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Az 5 legjobb filmjével ünnepeljük az éppen 85 éves Al Pacinót Hamu és Gyémánt     2025-04-25 04:38:01     Film Életmű Al Pacino A sebhelyesarcú, Serpcio, Az ördög ügyvédje – csak néhány cím a 85. születésnapját ünneplő színészlegenda, Al Pacino utánozhatatlan munkásságából. Ajánlónkban most azt az 5 filmet mutatjuk be, ami a közvélekedés szerint az életműve csúcsát jelenti. Netflix: Hivatalos, elkészül a népszerű sorozat 5. évada Mafab     2025-04-24 18:36:02     Film Netflix New York A Netflix megújította az Édes magnóliák című sorozatot az ötödik évadra, amelyben a déli Serenity kisvárosból New Yorkba költözhetnek a főhősnők, írja a Variety. Április 25-én történt kultura.hu     2025-04-25 00:08:00     Színpad Csongrád-Csanád Szeged Színház Mozi Kecskemét Jászai Mari-díj József Attila Katona József Színház Andorai Péter 1948-ban ezen a napon született Andorai Péter Kossuth- és Jászai Mari-díjas színművész, aki pályafutása során többek között a kecskeméti Katona József Színház, a Nemzeti Színház, a József Attila Színház, a Radnóti Miklós Színház és a Szegedi Nemzeti Színház tagja volt. A mozinézők egyebek mellett a Bizalom, a Simon mágus, a Hajnali háztetők és a Kö Szólíts a neveden, és igyál velem öt konyakot! 24.hu     2025-04-24 19:05:29     Film James Bond Daniel Craig A Queer a Szólíts a neveden! rendezőjének újabb filmje az egyoldalú, kilátástalan férfiszerelemről, amelyben Daniel Craig örökre hátat fordít James Bond szerepének. Kritika. Főszereplő lett a felívelő ágban lévő magyar animáció HírTV     2025-04-24 22:20:00     Film Fesztiválok Annecy A magyar animáció 111. évfordulója alkalmából a júniusban kezdődő nívós Annecyi Nemzetközi Animációsfilm-fesztivál fókuszába hazánk kerül: a programsorozat a hazai animációipar alkotóit, stúdióit, producereit és gazdag történelmét állítja középpontba, miközben a feltörekvő magyar tehetségek is bemutatkozhatnak. Igazi ünnep a szemnek a Love Death + Robots negyedik évadának teljes előzetese Player     2025-04-25 04:51:01     Film Netflix Robot Közeledik a David Fincher által útjára indított animációs antológiasorozat negyedik évadának startja, amit a Netflix egy alapos trailerrel ünnepelt meg. Katalin hercegné és Vilmos herceg: Szerelmük minden akadályt legyőz Story     2025-04-25 06:00:11     Bulvár Párkapcsolat Brit királyi család Kate Middleton Vilmos herceg Kapcsolatuk alapja a színtiszta szerelem... De ezenkívül is van még számos oka annak, hogy miért ők lettek a világ kedvenc házaspárja. Dalaikkal gyógyítanak a magyar zenészek, akik hiszik, a felhők felett mindig süt a nap Index     2025-04-25 05:57:00     Zene Kampány "Akik a szürkeségben világítani tudnak, és erőt adnak a kitartáshoz" – zenés kampányt indított a Bátor Tábor. Petr Zelenka új darabjának ősbemutatója a PesTexten Fidelio     2025-04-25 09:15:00     Könyv Fesztiválok Olga Tokarczuk A május 7. és 10. között zajló fesztivál kiemelt fellépői között ott lesz továbbá Christoph Ransmayr és a Millennium-krimisorozat folytatását jegyző Karin Smirnoff, valamint az Olga Tokarczuk illusztrátoraként ismert Joanna Concejo is. "Gyalázatos lúzer!" – Pedro Pascal nekiment a Harry Potter írónőjének, amiért nem áll ki a transzok mellett Blikk     2025-04-25 11:07:48     Film Bíróság Harry Potter J. K. Rowling Pedro Pascal éles kritikával illette J.K. Rowling írónőt, miután a Harry Potter-könyvek szerzője nyilvánosan örvendezett a brit legfelsőbb bíróság transzneműeket kizáró döntése kapcsán. A testület kimondta: a nő jogi meghatározása kizárólag a biológiai nemen alapul, ezzel hivatalosan is kizárva a transznemű nőket a "nő" kategóriájából. Rowling ezt Ingyenesen nézhető filmekkel ünnepli a Magyar Film Napját a Filmio port.hu     2025-04-25 10:20:00     Film Ingyenesen tesz elérhetővé 10 filmet 10 napon át a Magyar Film Napja alkalmából a Filmio, a magyar filmek streaming platformja. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

PopaHALLics #141 "Sing Me a Song"A folk duo's pricey gig for one rich prerson. A utopian paradise hiding a dark secret. A serial killer tale: Is it real true-crime or made-up horror? And who IS Kate's favorite Mr. Darcy in "Pride & Prejudice"?Theaters:"The Ballad of Walllis Island," written by Tim Key and Tom Basden and directed by James Griffiths. An eccentric lottery winner (Key) recruits his favorite musical duo (Basden and Carey Mulligan) to play a private concert on his remote island home in this British comedy/drama. But old feelings and tensions threaten his dream gig.Streaming:"Paradise," Hulu. In this political thriller set in an underground bunker after a doomsday event, a Secret Service agent (Sterling K. Brown) comes under suspicion of killing the President of the United States (James Marsden) "Slow Horses," Apple TV.+  In the riveting third season of this spy thriller, the MI5 rejects at Slough House must find the abducted Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) and a sensitive file. All six episodes of the fourth season about the search for a London bomber are available."Pride and Prejudice" (2005), available on Netflix, Prime, Apple TV+, etc. Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyn star in Jane Austen's classic tale of the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. Books:"Chasing the Boogeyman," by Richard Chizmar. The author narrates, first-person, how a serial killer terrorized his small Maryland hometown. But is this gripping story true crime or horror fiction? Compelling, creative, and scary."Lady MacBeth," by Ava Reid. In this reimagining of Shakespeare's most famous villainess, the Lady has a voice, a past, and witchy powers she needs to survive her husband, a Scottish brute, and his hostile court.The John Milton thriller series, by Mark Dawson. One of the world's deadliest assassins tries to give it up and help people as a way of making amends to those he killed. The British government who "created" him wants him dead. Jack Reacher fans will find a lot to like in this series (24-some books)."Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead," by Olga Tokarczuk. An eccentric recluse on the Czech/Polish border becomes convinced she knows why dead bodies keep turning up around her. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Music:PopaHALLics #141 Playlist (Wallis Island)  features the folky music of the film "The Ballad of Wallis Island."Click through the links above to wat

Négynapos húsvét Hollókőn Magyar Hírlap     2025-04-07 18:02:00     Zene Fesztiválok Koncert Húsvét A Hollókői Húsvéti Fesztivál gasztrobarangolással, koncertekkel és megannyi élménnyel várja a látogatókat. Hatalmas megtiszteltetésben lesz része Robert De Nirónak Mafab     2025-04-08 05:39:02     Film Fesztiválok Színház Cannes Cannes-i filmfesztivál Robert De Niro A 78. Cannes-i Filmfesztivál nyitóceremóniáján, 2025. május 13-án Robert De Niro (legutóbbi szerepei a cikkünk galériájában) tiszteletbeli Arany Pálma-díjat vehet át. A szervezők ezzel kívánják elismermi a kiemelkedő filmes pályafutását. Másnap, május 14-én De Niro mesterkurzust tart a Debussy Színház színpadán, írja a Variety. . Megvan az Országos Színházi Találkozó versenyprogramja kultura.hu     2025-04-07 18:18:05     Színpad Színház Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok „A Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház örömmel jelenti be, hogy összeállt a 2025-ös Országos Színházi Találkozó versenyprogramja!” – áll a színház közleményében. „Az esemény, amely a magyar színházi élet egyik legfontosabb ünnepe, idén is sokszínű és izgalmas előadásokkal várja a közönséget” – írják. Felirat van, pénz nincs – fellázadtak a streamingoldalak fordítói Telex     2025-04-08 10:46:20     Film Netflix Disney Szabadúszó fordítóknak tartoznak több ezer euróval, ezért néhányan a nyilvánossághoz fordultak az egyik olyan cég megalázó gyakorlata ellen, amitől többek között a Netflix, a Disney vagy a Max is feliratot rendel. Színészek, akik saját gyerekükkel játszottak együtt - És észre sem vetted Joy     2025-04-07 19:31:00     Film A filmvászon gyakran tele van meglepetésekkel, de néha olyan rejtett részletek is megbújnak benne, amiket csak a legfigyelmesebb nézők szúrnak ki. Budapesten koncertezik Jennifer Lopez refresher.hu     2025-04-08 09:16:00     Zene Koncert Jennifer Lopez MVM Dome Jennifer Lopez 2025-ben bepótolja azt, ami 2024-ben elmaradt, július 20-án pedig Budapesten, az Mvm Dome-ban is fellép az Up All Night névre keresztelt turnéja során. Közzétette álláspontját az RTL a bírságról 24.hu     2025-04-08 10:18:09     Film Valóságshow Luxemburg A reality történései miatt a luxemburgi médiahatóság 25 ezer eurós bírságot szabott ki az RTL+ szolgáltatójára. Hatalmas siker a Cobra Kai: a Karate kölyök nyomdokain jutott a csúcsra Blikk     2025-04-07 17:34:41     Film Mozi A nyolcvanas évek legendás mozisorozata volt A karate kölyök, amely nem is annyira a karatéról, hanem egy sajátos apa-fiú történetről szólt Ralph Macchio és Noriyuki "Pat" Morita főszereplésével. 34 évvel később a képernyőn folytatódott a történet. A Cobra Kai nem várt sikert aratott, már a hatodik évadánál jár. A sorozat hétfőtől-péntekig 21.00-tó Gombos Edina lánya 17 évesen már színikritikus Story     2025-04-07 20:00:36     Bulvár USA Gombos Edina Az egykori műsorvezető sajátos eszközökkel bírta rá Mirandát arra, hogy kamera előtt meséljen egy átlagos amerikai tini mindennapjairól. 7 film, amelynek szereplői még keményebben ráfáznak a szeszélyes időjárásra, mint most mi port.hu     2025-04-08 06:00:00     Film Önt is idegesíti, hogy húsz fokról egyszer csak hét fokra csökkent a hőmérséklet? Ezekben a remek filmekben még ennél is nagyobb bajjal szembesülnek a szereplők. Christoph Ransmayr és A tetovált lány egyik szerzője, Karin Smirnoff a PesTextre érkezik Színház.online     2025-04-08 09:25:47     Könyv Fesztiválok Színház Olga Tokarczuk A magyar színházakban is játszott Petr Zelenka, az Olga Tokarczuk illusztrátoraként ismert Joanna Concejo és a kortárs ifjúsági irodalom sztárja, David Almond is a fesztivál vendége lesz május 7–10. között. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Négynapos húsvét Hollókőn Magyar Hírlap     2025-04-07 18:02:00     Zene Fesztiválok Koncert Húsvét A Hollókői Húsvéti Fesztivál gasztrobarangolással, koncertekkel és megannyi élménnyel várja a látogatókat. Hatalmas megtiszteltetésben lesz része Robert De Nirónak Mafab     2025-04-08 05:39:02     Film Fesztiválok Színház Cannes Cannes-i filmfesztivál Robert De Niro A 78. Cannes-i Filmfesztivál nyitóceremóniáján, 2025. május 13-án Robert De Niro (legutóbbi szerepei a cikkünk galériájában) tiszteletbeli Arany Pálma-díjat vehet át. A szervezők ezzel kívánják elismermi a kiemelkedő filmes pályafutását. Másnap, május 14-én De Niro mesterkurzust tart a Debussy Színház színpadán, írja a Variety. . Megvan az Országos Színházi Találkozó versenyprogramja kultura.hu     2025-04-07 18:18:05     Színpad Színház Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok „A Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház örömmel jelenti be, hogy összeállt a 2025-ös Országos Színházi Találkozó versenyprogramja!” – áll a színház közleményében. „Az esemény, amely a magyar színházi élet egyik legfontosabb ünnepe, idén is sokszínű és izgalmas előadásokkal várja a közönséget” – írják. Felirat van, pénz nincs – fellázadtak a streamingoldalak fordítói Telex     2025-04-08 10:46:20     Film Netflix Disney Szabadúszó fordítóknak tartoznak több ezer euróval, ezért néhányan a nyilvánossághoz fordultak az egyik olyan cég megalázó gyakorlata ellen, amitől többek között a Netflix, a Disney vagy a Max is feliratot rendel. Színészek, akik saját gyerekükkel játszottak együtt - És észre sem vetted Joy     2025-04-07 19:31:00     Film A filmvászon gyakran tele van meglepetésekkel, de néha olyan rejtett részletek is megbújnak benne, amiket csak a legfigyelmesebb nézők szúrnak ki. Budapesten koncertezik Jennifer Lopez refresher.hu     2025-04-08 09:16:00     Zene Koncert Jennifer Lopez MVM Dome Jennifer Lopez 2025-ben bepótolja azt, ami 2024-ben elmaradt, július 20-án pedig Budapesten, az Mvm Dome-ban is fellép az Up All Night névre keresztelt turnéja során. Közzétette álláspontját az RTL a bírságról 24.hu     2025-04-08 10:18:09     Film Valóságshow Luxemburg A reality történései miatt a luxemburgi médiahatóság 25 ezer eurós bírságot szabott ki az RTL+ szolgáltatójára. Hatalmas siker a Cobra Kai: a Karate kölyök nyomdokain jutott a csúcsra Blikk     2025-04-07 17:34:41     Film Mozi A nyolcvanas évek legendás mozisorozata volt A karate kölyök, amely nem is annyira a karatéról, hanem egy sajátos apa-fiú történetről szólt Ralph Macchio és Noriyuki "Pat" Morita főszereplésével. 34 évvel később a képernyőn folytatódott a történet. A Cobra Kai nem várt sikert aratott, már a hatodik évadánál jár. A sorozat hétfőtől-péntekig 21.00-tó Gombos Edina lánya 17 évesen már színikritikus Story     2025-04-07 20:00:36     Bulvár USA Gombos Edina Az egykori műsorvezető sajátos eszközökkel bírta rá Mirandát arra, hogy kamera előtt meséljen egy átlagos amerikai tini mindennapjairól. 7 film, amelynek szereplői még keményebben ráfáznak a szeszélyes időjárásra, mint most mi port.hu     2025-04-08 06:00:00     Film Önt is idegesíti, hogy húsz fokról egyszer csak hét fokra csökkent a hőmérséklet? Ezekben a remek filmekben még ennél is nagyobb bajjal szembesülnek a szereplők. Christoph Ransmayr és A tetovált lány egyik szerzője, Karin Smirnoff a PesTextre érkezik Színház.online     2025-04-08 09:25:47     Könyv Fesztiválok Színház Olga Tokarczuk A magyar színházakban is játszott Petr Zelenka, az Olga Tokarczuk illusztrátoraként ismert Joanna Concejo és a kortárs ifjúsági irodalom sztárja, David Almond is a fesztivál vendége lesz május 7–10. között. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Olga Tokarczuk's first book since winning the Nobel prize in Literature is deeply feminist folk-horror with more than a little influence from Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. Is it just a fun ghost story or a warning about how the Male Loneliness Epidemic(tm) will end in tragedy. More importantly, does Langdon yearn for the production lines?

This episode our very special guest is author Farah Ali (@farahali.06) as she shares her castaway books. This list is perfect for literary fiction lovers who appreciate a mix of classic and contemporary, lyrical and experimental, historical and philosophical works—books that linger in the mind long after reading.Join the Books to Last Podcast, where book lovers share their top 5 must-read books for a dream getaway. Inspired by BBC's Desert Island Discs, each episode features fun stories, book recommendations, and heartfelt conversations. Tune in for inspiring tales and discover your next great read!Guest Details:Linktree: https://linktr.ee/farahali06Instagram: @farahali.06Books:https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-river-the-town-farah-ali/7595753https://bookshop.org/p/books/people-want-to-live-farah-ali/16219585?ean=9781952119293Podcast:W: https://anchor.fm/bookstolastpodTwitter: @BooksToLastPodInstagram: @BooksToLastPodMusic by DAYLILY@daylilyuk on Instagramhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/31logKBelcPBZMNhUmU3Q6Spoiler WarningBooks Discussed:Little Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady JoudahVisitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan BernofskyFlights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft Milkman by Anna BurnsOpen City by Teju ColeExhalation by Ted ChiangA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Blue Flower by Penelope FitzgeraldOffshore by Penelope FitzgeraldPeople Want to Live by Farah AliThe River, the Town by Farah Ali

PUT EXPLICIT ON HERE:This week, I'm joined by author Kristen Arnett. We chat about clown and how they relate to her latest novel, Stop Me If You've Heard This One. Guest Book Author Recommendation: Eliza Kennedy Lucky Night recommends The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk Book Recommendations:State of Paradise by Laura Van Den BergHot Air by Marcy DermasnkyLot by Bryan WashingtonKate & Frida by Kim FeyDry Season by Melissa FebosWomen's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Substack through my  Read with Me program.Giveaway: Kristen Arnett's Stop Me If You've Heard This One on Instagram LINK UP Closes April 16th.  Click here to find out ways in which you can help the attack on Federal funding for libraries. On Social Media: Twitter @Instagram Kristen_ArnettBlue Sky Kristen ArnettSubstack: Dad LessonsLink up to her column, Am I the Literary Asshole on Lit Hub  Support the showGet your Books Are My People coffee mug here!I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Aparita Bhandari and Heather Greenwood Davis discuss the bestselling Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty with Antonio Michael Downing; writer Alicia Cox Thomson talks about the highly discussed All Fours by Miranda July and recommends two more titles; Juno nominee Tia Wood on what makes Five Little Indians a classic; and why Robert J. Wiersema thinks you should read translated books on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Here One Moment by Liane MoriartyFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Change by Kirsten MillerThe Mother Act by Heidi ReimerMay Our Joy Endure by Kev Lambert, Donald Winkler (Translator)The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse, Damion Searls (Translator)

Nuestra colaboradora Slawka Grabowska conversa, en el mes del Día de la Mujer, sobre diversas escritoras ganadoras del Premio Nobel de Literatura. Hasta la fecha solo 18 mujeres han sido premiadas con este galardón y hoy descubrimos tres de ellas: Doris Lessing, Svetlana Alexievich y Olga Tokarczuk....

In today's episode, renowned academic and legal scholar Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler speaks with Matt about The Trial of Jesus – connecting the historical event as a lens for understanding justice, religious pluralism, and democracy. The examination leads us through the limits of state neutrality in matters of faith, the balance between freedom of and from religion, and the evolving role of digital platforms. Professor Weiler shares perspectives from his extensive legal scholarship while reflecting on the intersection of theology, democracy, and technological change in our modern world. An incredibly poignant episode that is a must-listen.Note: This episode was recorded in Dec 2024.Links & References: References:The Trial of Jesus - First Things | By J.H.H. WeilerSanhedrin trial of Jesus - WikipediaThe Christian Europe by J.H.H. Weiler | Una Europa cristiana - Ediciones Encuentro“La Rochefoucauld voice in our ear” | François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) - WikipediaNostra aetate [EN]Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia“imitatio Dei” | Imitation of God - WikipediaLautsi v. Italy - Wikipedia"Laïque” (FR) = “secular”European Convention on Human RightsStatement of Micah | Why Micah 6:8? | Westmont CollegeGuarini Colloquium on Legal Controls of Digital Platforms | NYU School of LawSALVIFIC | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryVoltairean - Wiktionary, the free dictionaryOlga Tokarczuk - WikipediaThe Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk - WikipediaThe Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk: 9780593087503 | PenguinRandomHouse.comTelos - Wikipedia “goal” Bios:J.H.H. Weiler is University Professor at the NYU Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard. He served previously as President of the European University Institute, Florence.  Prof. Weiler is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL) and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON). Among his Honorary Doctorates there is one in Theology awarded by the Catholic University of America. In 2022, he received the Ratzinger Prize awarded by Pope Francis.J.H.H.'s Links:J.H.H. Weiler - Biography | NYU School of LawFreedom Of and From Religion in Democracies by J.H.H. Weiler | Combinations Magazine by RxCMatt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ (@m_t_prewitt) / X Connect with RadicalxChange Foundation:RadicalxChange Website@RadxChange | TwitterRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Odcinek #199, w którym w Krakowie dyskutuję z Michałem Choińskim o książce „The New Yorker. Biografia pisma, które zmieniło Amerykę”. Niełatwo jest zdobyć P jak pierwszy numer z 21 lutego 1925 roku tego K jak kultowego tygodnika. Zanurzamy się w liczne F jak formy literackie, które kształtowały to czasopismo i stały się jego Z jak znakiem rozpoznawczym.Wyruszamy śladem G jak gatunkowym i sprawdzamy, jak wiele z L jak literatury światowej przedostawało się do C jak czytelników popularnej G jak gazety. P jak przegląd publikacji na S jak stulecie Nowojorczyka tworzy nam gęstą historię tygodnika, minionych czasów. Przypominamy sobie o O jak opowiadaniu „Loteria” Shirley Jackson i zastanawiamy się, co wstrząsnęło A jak Amerykanami. Dyskutujemy o polskich kontaktach pisma - w New Yorkerze publikowali między innymi Adam Zagajewski, Stanisław Lem i Olga Tokarczuk. Ale jest też międzynarodowo - pojawiają się choćby N jak Nabokov i K jak Kundera. Zatrzymuje nas wątek opowiadania i wymagań, które ten gatunek stawia odbiorcy, badamy dlaczego Amerykanie potrafią o O jak opowiadaniu dyskutować. Pojawia się R jak reportaż, N jak nonfiction i pierwsze true crime - tu na scenę wchodzi Truman Capote. Jest „Cicha wiosna”, kult przecinka, F jak fact checking. W końcu przyglądamy się O jak okładkom - co staje się kolejnym poziomem czytania opowieści o piśmie kojarzonym z obrazkiem dandysa z monoklem.

Tavaly jelent meg magyarul a Nobel-díjas lengyel írónő, Olga Tokarczuk esszékötete, Az érzékeny narrátor, melyben nemcsak írói módszereiről mesél, hanem olyan kérdésekről is szó esik, mint az ökológia és az irodalom kapcsolata, az olvasásra és írásra leselkedő veszélyek vagy a láthatatlan munka szerepe az irodalmi világban. Mivel Tokarczuk regényeit eddig is nagyon szerettük, arra jutottunk, hogy itt az ideje egy külön epizódnak, ami az esszék nyomán foglalkozik az életművével. Vendégünk Fehér Renátó költő, a Hévíz folyóirat főszerkesztője. A tartalomból: 00.00 Ebben az adásban nem is nagyon említünk más szerzőket (Claire Keegant azért igen), de röviden beszélünk Tokarczuk új regényéről, a még csak angolul elérhető Empusiumról. 4.00 És a vendégünk: Fehér Renátó. Indulás a kelet-közép-európai irodalmak felől. Az első emlegetett könyv: Őskor és más idők 8.10 Jó kiindulópont az életműhöz: a magyarul tavaly megjelent esszékötet, Az érzékeny narrátor. A narráció végtelensége és a mindenség megragadása ér össze Tokarczuk prózájában, de mit jelent ez? 10.40 Tokarczuk pszichológiát tanult, dolgozott is terapeutaként, sokat hivatkozik Freudra. Hogyan hat ez az írásaira? A pszichológia szempontjait egyszerre használja és küzd is ellene. Az érzékenységnek, az empátiának, a figyelemnek a kölcsönösségnek eszménye az életművében. 14.40 Ökológiai szempontok és a nem emberi tapasztalatok beemelése az irodalomba. Újabb említett regény: Hajtsad ekédet a holtak csontjain át. És mit kezdjünk olvasóként az ökoterrorizmus témájával? Az irodalomnak mindig kihívást kell jelentenie az olvasók számára, a cél a súrlódás kiváltása. 19.50 Az újdonság vágya és hogy hogyan olvassunk a saját komfortzónánkon kívül. „Az alkotóra semmi nem annyira veszélyes, mint az intellektuális mainstream”. 24.00 Irodalom, mint ami közvetít a saját és a kollektív nyelv között, és a privát nyelvek, amiket egyre inkább elveszítünk. Az empátia, az érzékenység, az együttélés lehetőségei hogyan jelenthetnek ellenállást. „Nincsenek nem politikus könyvek, ha csak nem az történik meg velük, hogy nem olvassák őket.” 30.30 Bajban a világ, elvesznek a közös narratívák. Az őszödi beszéd váratlan előkerülése, és az irodalom feladata: hogy szembesítsen, kényelmetlen legyen. 36.30 Irodalom, mint nem elitművészet és az irodalom, ami mindig egy idegen nyelv. Az a könyvpiaci elvárás, hogy az irodalom legyen minél könnyebben hozzáférhető, az a jó irodalom esetében nem érvényesíthető. Tokarczuk a regényformát is radikálisan átalakította. 42.10 Kortárs írók helyzete Kelet-Közép-Európában: marketingterv csatolása a kéziratok mellé. A láthatóság görcse mellett sokkal nagyobb lett a kötetdüh, ma már nincs idő zsákutcákba keveredni. És a kánonba kerülés nem múló vágya. 47.30 A regény gazdaságtana: miért nem lehet még mindig beszélni arról, hogy mennyi pénzbe kerül megírni egy regényt. A kulturális közteherviselés kérdése, Tokarczuk alapítványa és a láthatatlan munka az irodalomban 54.00 Ha az ember „kilencedik és tizenhatodik életéve között nem ismerte meg az olvasásból eredő szinte erotikus élvezetet”, akkor mi lesz vele később? Előfordul még olyan, hogy kicsordul a könnyünk egy könyv olvasása közben? 59.00 Fehér Renátó készülő regénye és három könyv, amit ajánl: Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead, Holdosi József - Kányák és a nincs.online folyóirat első print lapszáma, ami a lengyel irodalomról szólt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Horror Joy, Jeff and Brian delve into the unsettling world of body horror, examining how it reflects societal pressures and personal anxieties. They dissect Coralie Fargeat's 2024 film, The Substance, starring Demi Moore, a biting critique of female beauty standards and the male gaze. They also explore Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's novel, The Empusium, a health resort horror story exposing the misogynistic views of the early 20th century and the body dysmorphia of its protagonist.We discuss:·The destructive nature of beauty standards on female bodies·The predatory male gaze·The horror of tuberculosis and terrible health politics in the United States·The importance of catching our breath in troubling times·The self-othering of gender dysmorphiaSo, grab your favorite scalpel and join us for a more than skin deep conversation about aging bodies, failing lungs, and ephemeral mountain beings. Remember to keep breathing and try not to get chewed up along the way.00:00 Introduction to Body Horror01:31 Exploring 'The Substance'04:52 Themes of Female Beauty and Aging10:34 Critique of the Male Gaze17:19 Cultural Commentary and Societal Critique32:29 Transition to 'The Empusium'33:51 Exploring Misogyny and Body Horror in the Novel35:43 Voynich's Body Dysmorphia and Other Characters42:08 The Role of Breath and Tuberculosis in the Story45:00 Intersex Bodies and Historical Context51:42 Philosophical Conversations and Gender Essentialism01:00:28 Final Thoughts and Finding Joy in Art

Cristina Sánchez-Andrade nos presenta Habitada (Ed. Anagrama), su nueva novela, inspirada en la leyenda de la "Espiritada de Moeche", un caso de posesión en la Galicia de principios del siglo XX que nos da pie a hablar de brujería, caciquismo y represión sexual. Luego, Javier Lostalé nos lee unos versos de Tampoco yo soy un robot (Ed. Vaso Roto), poemario en el que Amalia Iglesias Serna se rebela contra el capitalismo caníbal.En su sección, Ignacio Elguero nos recomienda tres novelas basadas en la conversación: Tierra de empusas (Ed. Anagrama), la primera obra que publica la polaca Olga Tokarczuk después de ganar el Premio Nobel de Literatura, Cuéntamelo todo (Ed. Alfaguara), de la estadounidense Elizabeth Strout, y Noches rusas (Ed. Pre-Textos), del escritor ruso del siglo XIX Vladímir Odóievski.En Peligro en La estación, nuestro colaborador Sergio C. Fanjul pone sobre la mesa Orbital (Ed. Anagrama), novela sobre el espacio de corte realista y poético que le ha valido el prestigioso Premio Booker a la británica Samantha Harvey.Terminamos Desmontando el poema junto a Mariano Peyrou, que esta vez nos habla de Inmundo (Ed. Pre-Textos), poemario en el que el venezolano Ígor Barreto pone la vida y la poesía al mismo nivel en una operación que no sabemos si es de desacralización o de sacralización, pero que, en cualquier caso, nos gusta.Escuchar audio

Olga Tokarczuk's haunting 'health resort horror story' may have wow-ed the critics, but how did it fare with Laura's book club? Phil, Sarah and Laura join Kate to discuss it. You'll also find out the books we've been reading lately, and our suggestions for follow-on reads if The Empusium leaves you hankering for more. Books mentioned The Sewing Girl's Tale by John Wood Sweet Two Step Devil by Jamie Quattro The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Book Lovers by Emily Henry Strange Beach by Oluwaseum Olayiwola The Fizcarraldo poetry subscription The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk Sanatorium by W. Somerset Maugham The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft The Paper Hound bookshop The Plague and I by Betty Macdonald Backlisted episode #138 The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Schwärmerai NOTES Support the show and get exclusive subscriber benefits On Patreon: weekly-ish minisodes, chat groups, special feature episodes, War & Peace readalong, and at the higher tier join the monthly book club Or via Substack: weekly-ish minsodes and special feature episodes

Was ist das beste polnische Buch des letzten Vierteljahrhunderts? Das hatte die liberale Zeitung „Gazeta Wyborcza“ gefragt. Die Gewinnerin ist Olga Tokarczuk mit ihrem Werk „Jakobsbücher“. Das zeigt eine Veränderung – hin zu politischen Fragen. Sander, Martin www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Was ist das beste polnische Buch des letzten Vierteljahrhunderts? Das hatte die liberale Zeitung „Gazeta Wyborcza“ gefragt. Die Gewinnerin ist Olga Tokarczuk mit ihrem Werk „Jakobsbücher“. Das zeigt eine Veränderung – hin zu politischen Fragen. Sander, Martin www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Was ist das beste polnische Buch des letzten Vierteljahrhunderts? Das hatte die liberale Zeitung „Gazeta Wyborcza“ gefragt. Die Gewinnerin ist Olga Tokarczuk mit ihrem Werk „Jakobsbücher“. Das zeigt eine Veränderung – hin zu politischen Fragen. Sander, Martin www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Tytuł tego odcinka jest trochę przewrotny. Olga Tokarczuk jest najbardziej znaną na świecie polską pisarką (okej, może w niektórych kręgach bardziej znana jest Blanca Lipińska), a jednak w kraju nie wszyscy ją lubią. Dlaczego? Próbuję to wyjaśnić w tym odcinku, który wcześniej był tekstem dwujęzycznego newslettera, który wysyłam członkom Polski Daily, którzy interesują sie polską kulturą, historią i społeczeństwem. Posłuchaj i pobierz dwujęzyczną transkrypcję ze strony!Have you discovered the Polski Daily Club yet? If not go to https://www.polskidaily.eu/signup and join the club!

Gościem Melliny jest Leszek Lichota. Jeden z bohaterów najnowszego serialu MAX „Przesmyk”.Aktor, znany z ról twardzieli przyznał w rozmowie z Marcinem Mellerem, potwierdził, że jednym z idoli jest dla niego Bruce Willis.Lichota w serialu „Przesmyk” wciela się w rolę szefa Związku Polaków na Białorusi. Nie zdradza fabuły ale obiecuje mocne, trzymające w napięciu, szpiegowskie kino. Zanim jednak został aktorem, skończył hotelarstwo:„Wałbrzych z początkiem lat 90-tych jakoś nie oferował specjalnie możliwości edukacyjnych, które by mnie interesowały. Powstał taki kierunek – hotelarstwo. Pachniało, że fajnie. Przede wszystkim, miesięczne praktyki w hotelach, w trakcie roku szkolnego. Przez miesiąc nie chodzisz do szkoły.”Aktor potwierdził, i to nie żart, że na jego piętrze w bloku, mieszkała... przyszła noblistka Olga Tokarczuk.Więcej o serialu „Przesmyk”, przygotowaniach aktorskich i wielkiej miłości do snookera w najnowszej Mellinie!Premiera serialu „Przesmyk” na platformie MAX 30 stycznia.

To kick off the new year, we discuss some of he 2025 new releases we're most excited about. We also share our personal 5 in ‘25—five books (new or old) that we can't wait to read this year.What are yours?ShownotesBooks* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee* On the Evolution of All Political Parties, by Simone Weil, translated by Simon Leys* Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson* The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones* The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman* Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff & Terence Kilmartin, revised by D.J. Enright* Attila, by Aliocha Coll, translated by Katie Wittemore* Attila, by Javier Serena, translated by Katie Wittemore* Death Takes Me, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Robin Myers and Sarah Booker* Time of the Flies, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle* Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by * The Taiga Syndrome, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana* Is a River Alive, by Robert Macfarlane* Underland: A Deep Time Journey, by Robert Macfarlane* The Hour of the Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams* A Life on Paper, by George-Olivier Châteaureynard, translated by Edward Gauvin* The Messengers, by George-Olivier Châteaureynard, translated by Edward Gauvin* stay with me, by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Martin Aitken* Love, by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Martin Aitken* The Unworthy, by Augustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses* The White Bear, by Henrik Pontoppidan, translated by Paul Larkin* A Fortunate Man, by Henrik Pontoppidan, translated by Paul Larkin* Hellions, by Julia Elliott* The Deserters, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* Compass, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* Zone, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* Street of Thieves, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild, by Mathias Énard, translated by Frank Wynne* Universality, by Natasha Brown* The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch, translated by Jean Starr Untermeyer* The Sleepwalkers, by Hermann Broch, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir* A Month in the Country, by J.C. Carr* The Adventures of China Iron, by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre* Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence* The Rainbow, by D.H. Lawrence* The Dying Grass, by William T. Vollmann* The Ice-Shirt, by William T. Vollmann* Inferno, by Dante, translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander* Purgatorio, by Dante, translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander* Paradiso, by Dante, translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander* Purgatorio, by Dante, translated by D.M. Black* Paradiso, by Dante, translated by D.M. Black* The Divine Comedy, by Dante, translated by Allen Mandelbaum* The Iliad, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson* The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson* Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas, by Clarice Lispector, translated by Margaret Jull Costa* The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Michael Barnes and Torbjørn Støverud* The Ice Palace, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan* The Bridges, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan* The Seed, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Kenneth G. Chapman* The Hills Reply, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan* The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin, translated by David Hawkes* The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods* The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford* Wolf Hall, by Hilary MantelThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

Summary: Bundle up and stay inside with us for a very topical episode today; Holly and Devin sip hot coco and discuss books set in the Winter! Whether you love the cold and the snow like Devin or have moved as far away from the season as you reasonably can like Holly, books set in winter create the perfect vibe for our host's respective wheelhouses. Nothing is cozier or more ominous than this season, where being stuck inside can be perfect for smooching or for bodies being found.  Topics Discussed: The Heart (4:30): Devin discussed A Winter in New York by Josie Silver, a romance following Iris, a British woman restarting her life in New York City from London after the death of her mother and the end of an abusive relationship. At a street fair in Little Italy, Iris recognizes the characteristic door to Belotti's gelateria as a place her mother spent time with a mysterious young man. A secret gelato recipe, an uncle fallen ill, and a gorgeous and kind Belotti's heir Giovanni and Iris is in over her head. How can she reconcile her family's past while struggling so much to build her own future? Devin's key takeaways were: This story begins in the fall but spends the majority if the time deep in the New York winter; there's romanticization of the city but the coziness of Iris' tiny apartment and the back kitchen of Belotti's where she and Gio work on the recipe was enjoyable to read, if not totally accurate to what NYC is like in the winter.  Similar to other works by Silver, this story has a lot of layers to it, some of which work better than others. The guilt that Iris feels about having Gio's family recipe from her mother and the romantic implications from teenagers goes a bit far and creates a false sense of strain between Iris and Gio, who otherwise could have had a totally normal, non-dramatic romance. One of the main themes through this book is family - how we're connected, what our families teach us, what a legacy means, and what happens when you step outside that comfort zone and get hurt by strangers. Iris has just escaped an abusive relationship and the connection to her mother drives her to take sometimes unnatural steps to stay involved with Belotti's.  The Dagger (17:12): Holly discussed Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, a literary mystery following Janina, who lives a solitary life in a rural Polish village. Quirky and eccentric, Janina is deeply connected to nature and obsessed with astrology and William Blake's poetry. Awoken in the middle of the night by her neighbor (who she calls Oddball) banging on her door, she discovers that her other neighbor, Big Foot, has died painfully. Unable to reach the Czech police, they take care of his body and things escalate after another community member is found dead. Holly's key takeaways were: The novel challenges traditional notions of morality, presenting animals as equal agents deserving of justice and respect. Janina's belief that animals can take revenge for human cruelty questions the ethics of hunting, poaching, and industrialized animal exploitation. Janina is portrayed as an eccentric outsider, dismissed by her community for her unconventional views and behavior. Janina's character challenges stereotypes about older women, portraying her as intelligent, independent, and driven. Her alienation underscores the marginalization of those who challenge societal norms and the way society dismisses women.  This book is perfectly atmospheric for winter; to give a taste of how winter is depicted from the first pages: “We left the house and were instantly engulfed by the familiar cold, wet air that reminds us every winter that the world was not created for Mankind, and for at least half the year it shows us how very hostile it is to us. The frost brutally assailed our cheeks, and clouds of white steam came streaming from our mouths.” Hot On the Shelf (32.35): Holly: All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall Devin: Truly Madly Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur What's Making Our Hearts Race (35:34): Devin: Our Little Secret with Lindsay Lohan on Netflix Holly: John Williams Documentary on Disney+   Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com   If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2025 with Rohan Maitzen, English Professor at Dalhousie University, critic, and writer of the Novel Readings blog. For our next episode, we will discuss Mobility by Lydia Keisling. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: Widening the Skirts of Light: Essays on George Eliot by Rohan Maitzen Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Gliff by Ali Smith The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington Opus Siniestrus by Leonora Carrington Lili Is Crying by Helene Bessette Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay Radio Treason The Trials of Lord Haw-Haw, the British Voice of Nazi Germany by Rebecca West The Deserters by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell Zone by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Frank Wynne Exophony: Voyages Outside the Moher Tongue by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Susan Bernofsky Makeshift by Sarah Campion The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated from the German by Philip Boehm The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya Wildcat Dome by Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Love in Exile by Shon Faye The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania by Levi Shalit, translated by Veronica Belling, Ellen Cassedy and Andrew Cassel The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett Sun City by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal Melville Biography: An Inside Narrative by Hershel Parker Herman Melville: A Biography (Volume 1, 1819-1851) by Hershel Parker Herman Melville: A Biography (Volume 2, 1851-1891) by Hershel Parker Melvill by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden Middlemarch by George Eliot Mobility by Lydia Keisling Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Di Matteo B. Bianchi | Come ogni dicembre che si rispetti, ecco l'attesissima puntata natalizia di Copertina con i consigli libreschi di Matteo per i lettori e le lettrici più esigenti. Andremo poi a conoscere Francesca Rizzi della libreria Sullaluna di Venezia e, da poco, anche di New York. Chiudiamo l'anno con un consiglio di lettura dello scrittore Flavio Soriga. LIBRI CONSIGLIATI IN QUESTO EPISODIO: MIND GAMES di John Lennon e Yoko Ono, Rizzoli Lizard I REIETTI di Rose Allatini, Garzanti IL VIAGGIO IMPOSSIBILE di Louise Juliet Sutherland, Ediciclo FATTORE K di Paola Laforgia, ADD IL TENERO NARRATORE E ALTRI SAGGI di Olga Tokarczuk, Bompiani LE PIANURE di Federico Falco, SUR DISCHI VOLANTI di Daniele Cassandro, Edizioni Curci QUEL CHE PIACE A ME di Giulia Cavaliere, Electa PRIMA DELLA POKERIA di Matteo Russo, Luca Restivo e Marco Villa, Rizzoli LA MIA NEW YORK di Alessandro Cattelan e Alexio Biacchi, Accento SFONDATI! di Douglas Coupland, Accento UNA TORTA PER DIRTI ADDIO di Angela Frenda, Guido Tommasi Editore ROAR di Bruce Wagner, Nutrimenti CODICE CANALINI di Giulio Milani, Transeuropa IL CANTO DELLA CICOGNA E DEL DROMEDARIO di Anjet Daanje, Neri Pozza — LA CONFERENZA DEGLI UCCELLI di Peter Sìs, Adelphi IL FATO DI FAUSTO di Oliver Jeffers, Zoo libri L'ANATRA, LA MORTE E IL TULIPANO di Wolf Erlbruch, e/o LA GRANDE DOMANDA di Wolf Erlbruch, e/o — IL ROGO DELLA REPUBBLICA di Andrea Molesini, Sellerio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back, and we're back with a cracking episode with author Ania Card at that - join us as Ania share her absolutely fascinating list of deeply emotional, character-driven stories set against rich historical and societal backdrops, exploring how individuals navigate love, loss, identity, and the search for meaning in a complex world. Embark on a literary voyage with the Books to Last Podcast, inspired by the BBC's beloved Desert Island Discs. Join us as we invite passionate book enthusiasts to reveal their top five must-have books for a mysterious remote adventure. Explore captivating tangents and heartwarming anecdotes along the way. Tune in for book recommendations and inspiring tales from avid readers! Guest Details: Instagram: @ania.card X: @aniacard Above Us The Sea: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/above-us-the-sea-ania-card/7658917?ean=9781915368515 Website: https://www.liverpool-literary.agency/authors/ania-card Podcast: W: https://anchor.fm/bookstolastpod Twitter: @BooksToLastPod Instagram: @BooksToLastPod Music by DAYLILY @daylilyuk on Instagram https://open.spotify.com/artist/31logKBelcPBZMNhUmU3Q6 Spoiler Warning Books Discussed: Above Us the Sea by Ania Card Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Trespasses by Louise Kennedy This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Episode 152 November 11,  2024 On the Needles 1:26 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Weather or Knot Scarf by Scott Rohr, HolstGarn Coast in Butterfly, Black, Charcoal, Silver Grey, Wisteria, Freesia, Passion Flower:    OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams, Destination Yarn Postcard in Yosemite– DONE!!    Peace and Joy socks by KnittenKristen, Gauge DyeWorks Trifecta Fingering in Jack o'lantern with pumpkin mini– DONE!!   Colorwork Cuff Club by Summer Lee, Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock in Elixir (2010! Carpe yarnem!)-- DONE!!   Fleetwood sweater by Tanis Lavallee, Teal Torch Knits DK in mermaid gradient   Full Spectrum by Andrea Rangel, Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino in black and 861 (turquoise, olive, purple, black 2009!) On the Easel 9:51 2025 Calendar–stay tuned. Gouachevember! Travel sketches On the Table 14:56 Streamlined Mushroom soup from Weekday Vegetarians: Get Simple (link to her blog article about the Moosewood recipe this one is based on)   mushroom rockefeller from What Goes With What by Julia Turshen   mushroom swiss burger rice from What Goes With What by Julia Turshen   Creamy Spinach-Artichoke Chicken Stew On the Nightstand 23:25 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you! Slow Horses by Mick Herron (audio) The Great Witches Baking Show and Baker's Coven by Nancy Warren (audio) Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton  A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang The Empusium: a health resort horror story by Olga Tokarczuk, trans by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Playground by Richard Powers The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling   The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

What books have you wanted to reread as soon as you finished them? Inspired by this fascinating prompt from our friend Nora, we decided to dive into this fun topic. We talk about the categories of books that inspire immediate rereads, share a few of our own examples, and discuss when (or if) we've ever actually done it. What books have inspired you to turn the last page and immediately go back to the beginning?ShownotesBooks* Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, by Rebecca Solnit* Absolution, by Jeff Vandermeer* Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope* The Wood in Midwinter, by Susanna Clarke* On the Calculation of Volume, by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara Haveland* Minor Detail, by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette* Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier* Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones* The Warden, by Anthony Trollope* Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke* The Invention of Morel, by Adolfo Bioy Casares, translated by Ruth L.C. Simms* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Moby-Dick: or, The Whale, by Herman Melville* The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkein* Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson* David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens* Bleak House, by Charles Dickens* Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen* Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen* A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens* The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens* Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson* A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson* The Ghost Writer, by Philip Roth* The Counterlife, by Philip Roth* Zuckerman Unbound, by Philip Roth* The Anatomy Lesson, by Philip Roth* The Prague Orgy, by Philip Roth* American Pastoral, by Philip Roth* I Married a Communist, by Philip Roth* The Human Stain, by Philip Roth* The Taiga Syndrome, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana* The Walk, by Robert Walser, translated by Christopher Middleton and Susan Bernofsky* Splitting and Order, by Ted Kooser* Picnic, Lightning, by Billy Collins* James, by Percival Everett* So Long, See You Tomorrow, by William Maxwell* Time Will Darken It, by William Maxwell* The Chateau, by William Maxwell* Felix Holt, by George Eliot* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPheeOther Links* Nora's Instagram Post* One Bright Book* Episode 49: Rereading* Episode 76: Author Completionism* Episode 77: PoetryThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Kendra Winchester discuss this new horror story from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. Natasha Soudek performs this story of a young Polish man suffering from tuberculosis who arrives at a health resort in the Silesian mountains in 1913. There he meets other men with similar conditions, each of whom is sure the mountain air will cure him. But when they learn about all the men who have gone missing from the resort, they fear they will meet the same mysterious fate. Soudek uses her skill to advance the suspense of the sinister happenings. Read our review of the audiobook at our website. Published by Penguin Audio Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website.      Support for our podcast comes from Dreamscape, an award-winning audiobook publisher with a catalog that includes authors L.J. Shen, Freida McFadden, and Annie Ernaux. For more information, visit dreamscapepublishing.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were in Chicago during the week we should have been recording and editing this episode, so apologies for the lateness! Today we talk about The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk.  Next time we'll be talking about our first choice for November's prompt to read a book about a lost city or civilization, and that is Hav by Jan Morris. The second November book is Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz. Find them at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Content Warning for episode: misogyny, abuse, assault, general swearing and vulgar language Books mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. The quote Becca couldn't think of is by Marilyn Frye The TikToker Corinne mentioned If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2024. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon 

Happy Halloween! Brea and Mallory recommend books about monsters and demons, plus they test out a book stand for bed reading and give out tips on book recommending. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESSol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's Creature Screening!Book Stand Pre order the Reading Glasses Book!Books Mentioned - The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd JonesPayback's a Witch by Lana HarperProsper's Demon by KJ ParkerThe Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashely Robin FranklinIncidents Around the House by Josh MalermanThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattySomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellThe Fervor by Alma KatsuSorrowland by Rivers SolomonPatricia Wants a Cuddle by Samantha AllenThe Return by Rachel HarrisonBooks of Blood by Clive Barker

Antonia Stassi speaks with Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator of Polish to English on her approach to translation across diverse genres, from gothic horror to children's literature. LLoyd Jones shares her experience working closely with authors, particularly Olga Tokarczuk, and the significance of understanding the writer's vision to deliver faithful translations.  They also delve into Antonia Lloyd Jones' recent project, Warsaw Tales, an anthology of Polish short stories and non-fiction, and her process for curating voices that resonate.

Welcome to Episode 219! In this episode, we recap some exciting Biblio Adventures, including trips to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the Montague Book Mill, the Montague Center Library, and an author event at RJ Julia Booksellers with Betsy Lerner. Chris talks about a handful of picture books she read: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs – written by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal The City Tree – written by Shira Boss, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez I Am Bat – written and illustrated by Morg Hood The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt – written by Riel Nason, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein – written by Lynn Fulton, illustrated by Felicita Sala Emily read two short stories: “Loot” by Nadine Gordimer from the collection Loot and Other Stories “Seams” by Olga Tokarczuk from The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners And between the two of us, we read three novels: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens Sandwich by Catherine Newman We also discuss what we're #currentlyreading, would like to read, and more. Reminder that the fourth quarter readalong for our Year of Reading Romance is A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy. See the show notes for details. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Google Doc for Helene Recovery Resources LESBIAN. VAMPIRES.  We read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez for October's prompt to read a book in one of the following genres: monster/vampire/gothic.  Content warning: We briefly talk about violence and murder. The book also contains scenes of the main character experiencing racism. Our next book is The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2024. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Get it in AUSTRALIA from https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-empusium-a-health-resort-horror-story In the UK https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-empusium-a-health-resort-horror-story/ In the USA https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725957/the-empusium-by-olga-tokarczuk-translated-by-antonia-lloyd-jones/ Gateway books The Iliad and The Odyssey Dostoyevsky Chekhov Currently reading; Conversations with an Executioner by Kazimierz Moczarski Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov The Orphanage - Serhiy Zhadan Stories Bohumil Hrabal - Harlequin's Millions Bacacay - Witold Gombrowicz Tintin Joseph Conrad - Short Stories

This week's episode is all about essays! From nature writing, to reviews and criticism, to personal reflections and familiar essays, this form offers something for everyone. In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences, including our go-to varieties and favorite examples. What are yours?ShownotesBooks* The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill* Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy* We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman* The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman* Herscht 07769, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet* The Emporium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones* Any Person Is the Only Self, by Elisa Gabbert* The Unreality of Memory, by Elisa Gabbert* Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman* At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman* Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman* Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, by Viviane Gornick* Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion* The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison* Make It Scream, Make It Burn, by Leslie Jamison* The Hall of Uselessness, by Simon Leys* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* The Death of Napoleon, by Simon Leys* The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams* When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams* Erosion, by Terry Tempest Williams* Finding Beauty in a Broken World, by Terry Tempest Williams* The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane* Leap, by Terry Tempest Williams* Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert, by Terry Tempest Williams* The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick* The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick* Seduction and Betrayal, by Elizabeth Hardwick* The Fun Stuff, by James Wood* Widening the Skirts of Light, by Rohan Maitzen* Feel Free, by Zadi Smith* On Beauty, by Zadie Smith* On Beauty and Being Just, by Elaine ScarryThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

Suri chats to Aneeka about the new novel from 2018 Booker Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk titled The Empusiam - a centenarian response to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. For lovers of folkloric horror with a touch of comedy, and feminist parables.Whakarongo mai nei! 

Disclosure: We are part of the Amazon Affiliate/LTK Creator programs. We will receive a small commission at no cost if you purchase a book. This post may contain links to purchase books.In this What to Read Next podcast episode, we welcome Victoria from Biblio Lifestyle back to discuss her Minimalist Fall Reading Guide. Victoria shares six to eight top picks for the fall season, offering a preview of her full reading guide, which includes 33 books across eight categories, from literary fiction to gothic horror.Books Mentioned:Literary Fiction:Entitlement by Rumaan Alam https://amzn.to/4gL6r5MNonfiction:Roman Year by André Aciman https://amzn.to/4gxHOJAHistorical Fiction:The Empusiium by Olga Tokarczuk https://amzn.to/3MY91YpFamily & Friendship:Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner https://amzn.to/3zugF9FMystery & Thriller:You Can't Hurt Me by Emma Cook https://amzn.to/3XVkLkNRomance:Best Hex Ever by Nadia El Fassi https://amzn.to/4eeMKBvScience Fiction & Fantasy:City in Glass by Nghi Vo https://amzn.to/4dbZTdrGothic & Horror:The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir https://amzn.to/3XD8kbWAdditional Information: For the complete list of 33 books in Bibliolifetyle's Fall Reading Guide, visit fallreadingguide.com.Tune In to Novel Nights: This episode was originally recorded as part of Novel Nights, a live show on YouTube every Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. EST. Join us on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and Facebook for more bookish discussions.Thank You for Listening! We hope you enjoyed these recommendations. Be sure to check out the full guide for more fall reading inspiration!Want to check out more book recommendations?Visit What to Read Next Blog for reader tips, popular books like recommendations, and many more posts. Join our What to Read Next Blog Community to get bonus book recommendations, listen to podcasts, and connect with other readers. As a podcast listener, you'll get 20% off your membership forever. Click here to sign up. (

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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Bidisha Mamata and Ben Luke who will be offering their verdicts on body horror film The Substance staring Demi Moore, a major new Michael Craig-Martin exhibition at the Royal Academy in London and The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Nobel prize winning author Olga Tokarczuk. Plus BBC National Short Story Award shortlisted author Ross Raisin.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

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we wrap up our eco module (perhaps our most depressing module yet?) with drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk. we talk about the novel's unreliable narrator, who is revealed as such in a potentially frustrating way… except it doesn't frustrate us. shreds talks about writing for writers vs. writing for readers, and the trick tokarczuk plays to potentially frustrate both sides of that divide. we try to make our way through a general lack of knkowledge around astrology and william blake, and we talk about language, translation, and names. shreds tells a strange story about a bird and a box. joey talks about having read the book before and forgetting the ending. we wrap up our eco module with a look back. reading list for season nine land of milk and honey by c. pam zhang the overstory by richard powers something new under the sun by alexandra kleeman barn 8 by deb olin unferth fever dream by samanta schweblin square wave by mark de silva the glacier by jeff wood the man with the compound eyes by wu ming-yi the deluge by stephen markley drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk

This week we have fun with all of the top books of the 21st century hype by sharing our own top 10 lists. We each killed a few darlings and made some very tough decisions. How did we do?What books would make your list?Summer Book ClubThe book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 is William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. You can start reading it whenever you want to! We have lined up a guest to join us to discuss the book for the next episode!ShownotesBooks* The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor* The Land Breakers, by John Ehle* Testing the Current, by William McPherson* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Schattenfroh, by Michael Lenz, translated by Max Lawton* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* Horror Movie, by Paul Tremblay* Universal Harvester, by John Darnielle* A Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Tremblay* Cabin at the End of the Woods, by Paul Tremblay* The Indian Lake Trilogy, by Stephen Graham Jones* The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison* In a Strange Room, by Damon Galgut* The Promise, by Damon Galgut* Open City, by Teju Cole* When We Cease to Understand the World, by Benjamin Labatut, translated by Adrian Nathan West* The MANIAC, by Benjamin Labatut* The Employees, by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken* Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft* Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Croft* The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft* LaRose, by Louise Erdrich* Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Life of Sylvia Plath, by Heather Clark* Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson* Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke* Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke* Underland: A Deep Time Journey, by Robert Macfarlane* The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane* Reinhardt's Garden, by Mark Haber* Ducks, Newbury Port, by Lucy Ellmann* Your Face Tomorrow, by Javier Marías, translated by Margaret Jull Costa* The Road, by Cormac McCarthy* The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy* Runaway, by Alice Munro* 2666, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer* Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson* Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson* Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri* Austerlitz, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Anthea Belle* The Immigrants, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse* The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse* Vertigo, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse* Blinding, by Mircea Cartarescu, translated by Sean Cotter* The Garden of Seven Twilights, by Miquel de Palol, translated by Adrian Nathan West* Antagony, by Luis Goytisolo, translated by Brendan Riley* Monument Maker, by David Keenan* Tomb of Sand, by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell* Praiseworthy, by Alexis Wright* Wizard of the Crow, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o* The Known World, Edward P. Jones* Hurricane Season, by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes* The Twilight Zone, by Nona Fernandez, translated by Natasha Wimmer* Septology, by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls* The Years, by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison Strayer* In the Distance, by Hernan Diaz* Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel* My Struggle, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated by Don BartlettOther Links* The Untranslated* New York Times: 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!SubscribeMany thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

This week we look ahead to the second half of 2024 and each share the five forthcoming books we're most excited about . . . along with a few honorable mentions, of course.Which upcoming books are you most looking forward to?Summer Book ClubThe book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 is William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. You can start reading it whenever you want to! We have lined up a guest to join us to discuss the book in Episode 86, coming out on August 8. That's really soon!ShownotesBooks* The Warden, by Anthony Trollope* Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo, translated by Douglas J. Weatherford* The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry* Nightboat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry* Beatlebone, by Kevin Barry* The City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry* James, by Percival Everett* Clear, by Carys Davies* Canoes, by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore* There Are Rivers in the Sky, by Elif Shafak* The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak* Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr* The B*****d of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak* Marshland, by Otohiko Kaga, translated by Albert Novick* The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich* The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich* The Round House, by Louise Erdrich* The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich* Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich* LaRose, by Louise Erdrich* Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich* The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich* The Painted Drum, by Louise Erdrich* Herscht 07769, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet* Satantago, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes* The Melancholy of Resistance, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes* War & War, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes* Seiobo There Below, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet* The World Goes On, by László Krasznahorkai, translated byGeorge Szirtes, Ottilie Mulzet and John Batki* Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet* Colored Television, by Danzy Senna* New People, by Danzy Senna* Symptomatic, by Danzy Senna* Caucasia, by Danzy Senna* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* Seeing Further, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt* Rombo, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt* Grove, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt* River, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Iain Galbraith* Sister Deborah, by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti* The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones* The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods* The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft* Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft* Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones* Waiting for the Fear, by Oguz Atay, translated by Ralph Hubbell* The Pornographer, by John McGahern* Command Performance, by Jean Echenoz, translated by Mark Polizzotti* The Stone Door, by Leonora Carrington* The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant* Sun City, by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal* We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman* The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman* The Plains, by Federico Falco, translated by Jennifer Croft* A Perfect Cemetery, by Federico Falco, translated by Jennifer Croft* Children of the Ghetto: Star of the Sea, by Elias Khoury, translated by Humphrey Davies* Fog at Noon, by Tomás González, translated by Andrea Rosenberg* The Suicides, by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen* The Besieged City, by Clarice Lispector, translated by Johnny Lorenz* The Voyage Home, by Pat Barker* A Philosophy of Translation, by Damion Searls* The City and Its Uncertain Walls, by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel* Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout* Every Arc Bends Its Radius, by Sergio de la Pava* A Naked Singularity, by Sergio de la Pava* Question 7, by Richard Flanagan* Is Mother Dead, by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund* If Only, by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund* Slave Road, by John Edgar Wideman* Anima: A Wild Pastoral, by Kapka Kassabova* Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova* Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time, by Kapka Kassabova* Our Evenings, by Alan Hollinghurst* Lazarus Man, by Richard Price* Playground, by Richard Powers* Clockers, by Richard Price* Lush Life, by Richard Price* The Overstory, by Richard Powers* Bewilderment, by Richard PowersThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

This week we turn back the clock and revisit our very first podcast topic: Bucket List Books! We check in on our progress over the last few years, discuss our philosophies and motivations, look ahead to our next bucket lists books, and share plenty of listener feedback. What books are on your bucket list—and why?Summer Book ClubThe book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 is William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. You can start reading it whenever you want to! We have lined up a guest to join us to discuss the book in Episode 86, coming out on August 8.ShownotesBooks* Wolf in White Van, by John Darnielle* Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, by Patrick Radden Keefe* Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett* Long Island, by Colm Tóibín* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* A Little Luck, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle* Not a River, by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott* Festival and Game of the Worlds, by César Aira, translated by Katherine Silver* It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over, by Anne de Marcken* War, by Céline, translated by Charlotte Mandell* Death on the Installment Plan, by Céline, translated by Ralph Manheim* London, by Céline* Journey to the End of Night, by Céline, translated by Ralph Manheim* The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor* The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild, by Mathias Énard, translated by Frank Wynne* Compass, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell* The Waves, by Virginia Woolf* Carpenteria, by Alexis Wright* Praiseworthy, by Alexis Wright* Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust* The Stones of Aran, by Tim Robinson* The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch* Frost in May, by Antonia White* The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford* The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon* David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens* War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs* Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce* Anatomy of Melancholy, by Robert Burton* The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson* The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer* Don Quixote, by Cervantes, translated by * Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee* The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Michael R. Katz* The Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor* Satantango, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes* Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace* Paradise Lost, by John Milton* Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy* The Voyage Home, by Pat Barker* Parallel Stories, by Péter Nádas, translated by Imre Goldstein* Pilcrow, by Adam Mars-Jones* Cedilla, by Adam Mars-Jones* Caret, by Adam Mars-Jones* Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James* Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov* One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa* My Struggle, by Karl Ove Knausgaard* Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackery* South Riding, by Winifred Holtby* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf* Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf* Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens* Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë* Bleak House, by Charles Dickens* Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë* Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley* The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot* Silas Marner, by George Eliot* Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot* Felix Holt, by George Eliot* Romola, by George Eliot* Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon* Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon* Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon* The Complete Essays, by Michel de Montaigne, translated by M.A. Screech* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* A Summer with Montaigne, by Antoine Compagnon, translated by Tina Kover* The Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton* The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton* The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton* Pilgrimage, by Dorothy Richardson* The Peregrine, by J.A. Baker* Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke* Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer CroftLinks* Episode 1: Bucket List Books* Involutions of the Seashell: Anthony and Lori discuss Miss MacIntosh, My Darling* Shawn Breathes Books: The Original Mookse and the Gripes Bucket List Book Tag Video!* The 100 Greatest British Novels List* Beyond the Zero Podcast, with Andrei The UntranslatedThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

[originally published on Patreon Jul 28, 2023] I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to finish our conversation about the Jesters (and many more things) relating to the Gosch and Franklin cases. We start with a high-level overview of the timeline of the Gosch and Franklin cases. Then I examined Alan Baer's family history, which is to say, the Brandeis family, who made their fortune through the Brandeis department store. That led us to examine patterns of immigration to Nebraska including Czech Jews which included practicing Frankists. We revisit the Frankists and discuss US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. Note: as of the recording, I had not read The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, but since the recording I have read it. (Monty wanted to add a clarifying note because he felt he may have been unclear or incorrect in discussing the Sabbateans and Frankists: "Sabbateans were in fact Sephardic, while the Frankists seem to be mostly Ashkanazi but some Sephardic as well." After that, we explore the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha's secret society. The Knights are very similar to the Veiled Prophet Ball of St. Louis as well as Mardi Gras Krewes. By all accounts, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben "aspired to weld together the business and professional men of the city of Omaha and surrounding area into a compact secret society" and appear to have done so successfully.fter that, we explore the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha's secret society. The Knights are very similar to the Veiled Prophet Ball of St. Louis as well as Mardi Gras Krewes. By all accounts, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben "aspired to weld together the business and professional men of the city of Omaha and surrounding area into a compact secret society" and appear to have done so successfully. episode art by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS) Songs: Mothers and Daughters by Colin Stetson Dreaming by ‘' Second Seance pt. 1 by ‘' Second Seance pt. 2 by ‘' Second Seance pt. 3 by ‘' Book Burning by ‘' Joanie by ‘' Too Many Years by Kodak Black ft. PNB Rock