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Described as ‘the first lady of Irish cycling', Dervla Murphy was renowned for her intrepid spirit, and she remained passionate about travel, writing, politics, conservation and bicycling until her death in 2022. In this episode of the Slightly Foxed podcast we have gathered a number of those who knew and worked with Dervla to discuss the life and work of this extraordinary travel writer. Gail Pirkis and Steph Allen, from Slightly Foxed, worked with Dervla during their time at John Murray Publishers. Rose Baring was her editor at Eland Books and Ethel Crowley was a friend and editor of the recent anthology, Life at Full Tilt: The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy. Together with our host Rosie Goldsmith they discuss Dervla's early years and inspiration, consider the experience of publishing her work and examine her place in the Ireland of her time. Born in Lismore, Ireland, in 1931, Dervla lived there until the end of her life. She was an only child and her parents, who originated from Dublin, encouraged her independence and love of books. Her father – who later became the much-loved Waterford County Librarian ‒ had been involved in the Irish republican movement and had served time in Wormwood Scrubs prison for his activities. Dervla spent her childhood caring for her mother who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, and then left school at 14 to care for her full-time. When her parents died in 1962 Dervla, at the age of 30, found herself free to travel. She acquired a bicycle and set out on a journey to Istanbul, through Iran and on to India during one of the worst winters in recent memory. This would become the subject of her first, and most famous book, Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, published in 1965. There followed numerous voyages with her trusty steed and 25 more books, including her highly acclaimed autobiography Wheels within Wheels. She won worldwide praise for her writing and many awards, including the Edward Stanford Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing and a Royal Geographical Society Award. Dervla took huge risks, mostly travelling alone and in famously austere style, whether in far-flung Limpopo, the Andes, Gaza or closer to home, where she documented the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Battling injury and political circumstance, she immersed herself in the lives of ordinary people caught in the shifting tides of power that dictated the terms on which they lived. To these people, she listened. What resulted was some of the most astute and compelling travel writing of the twentieth century. As the table choose their favourite book of Dervla's, we also have our usual round-up of current reading, including the latest mystery from Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook, the Booker Prize-nominated The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng, and Jon Dunn's monograph on the hummingbird, The Glitter in the Green. For episode show notes, please see the Slightly Foxed website. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by Bach Hosted by Rosie Goldsmith Produced by Philippa Goodrich

It's 1921 in Panang Malaysia where the novel “The House of Doors” introduces real events and people, like the writer Somerset Maugham, along with fictional characters. The sunset of British Empire is the backdrop for this tale about the complicated nature of love and friendship.

By listener request, Jacke presents a conversation with Nigerian-born novelist Chigozie Obioma (The Road to the Country, The Fishermen, An Orchestra of Minorities). Obioma, hailed by the New York Times as "the heir to Chinua Achebe," tells Jacke about his childhood in Nigeria, the moment he knew he wanted to be a storyteller, what he values in literature, and more. Special attention is paid to one of Obioma's favorite books, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. [This is an HOL Encore performance. The conversation with Chigozie Obioma originally aired on February 1, 2021.] Additional listening: 552 Writing after Rushdie (with Shilpi Suneja) 557 Somerset Maugham (with Tan Twan Eng) 314 Gabriel García Márquez (with Patricia Engel) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

„Dom drzwi” Tan Twan Eng Julia Rzemek w rozmowie z Anną Król opowiada o książce idealnej na wakacje, nominowanej do nagrody Bookera w 2023 roku. Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Tłumaczenie: Agata Ostrowska „Dom drzwi” to modelowa powieść — porywająca, wielowątkowa i pochłaniająca czytelnika. Akcja tej powieści zaczyna się na początku XX wieku w Malezji. Przenosimy się na Penang — wyspę pod brytyjską strefą wpływów — gdzie przyglądamy się lokalnym tradycjom tamtejszych mieszkańców. To opowieść o miłości, zdradzie i wielkiej polityce z chińską rewolucją w tle. Nie zabrakło w niej też refleksji nad literaturą i jej przeżywania. Wszyscy bohaterowie tej książki noszą w sobie tajemnice. Jakie? Posłuchajcie w kolejnym odcinku naszego podcastu! Dziękujemy bardzo Patronkom i Patronom wspierającym te podkasty i całą naszą działalność. Dołączcie do nas! https://patronite.pl/bigbookcafe Dzięki wielkie dla Miasta Stołecznego Warszawa, które wspiera nasze działania w Stałym Programie Kulturalnym. Nazywamy się Fundacja "Kultura nie boli" i robimy wszystko z miłości do czytania!

“Somebody told me once that when we share meals with strangers we become closer. But, I think, when we share stories that's when we really understand each other. Now, sharing meals warms our stomachs, but sharing stories warms our hearts.” Tan Twan Eng talks with Jeremy Finley about his book The House of Doors.

The new novel by Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors, is a project of historical fiction immersed in the culturally rich island of Penang in the 1920s. A once revered, now flailing British writer arrives to visit a friend and find inspiration for a new book. What he uncovers – secret affairs, a murder trial, and deeply complicated relationships – proves to be more than he expected. In today's episode, NPR's Ari Shapiro asks the author about using the real writer W. Somerset Maugham as his protagonist, and about what writing from the perspective of the Brits reveals about imperialism.

Today, we talk books. The FT's books team recently published our annual books of the year special, and they join us to share their personal recommendations. They also answer listener questions: what books will get you out of ‘reader's block'? What's a good gift for a family member who loves history, or a friend who's anxious about the world? What book could you pair with a candle and some socks? Lilah speaks with literary editor Fred Studemann and deputy books editor Laura Battle. -------We love hearing from you. You can email us at lifeandart@ft.com. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap.-------Recommendations and links (all FT links get you past the paywall): Some great lists from our books of the year special:– Best fiction: https://on.ft.com/4a4xjds– Best history: https://on.ft.com/4a9ErFx– Best audiobooks https://on.ft.com/3t9tVNT– Critics' picks: https://on.ft.com/3RyWH3H– For getting past your reader's block, Laura and Fred recommend Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell and The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. Laura also loved The Fraud by Zadie Smith– Fred's picks for history lovers are Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark and King: a Life by Jonathan Eig; Laura's is Red Memory by Tanya Branigan– For a stocking stuffer, Lilah suggests Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov. Laura likes The Cabin by Natasha Preston and other books about the outdoors. Fred is going with Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day-------Special FT subscription offers for Life and Art podcast listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/lifeandart-------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tan Twan Eng's debut novel The Gift of Rain was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. His second novel The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Tan divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. His new novel is called The House of Doors and was long listed for the Booker Prize. We talked about W. Somerset Maugham, descriptive writing, historical research, having fun while writing, and the act of creation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new novel by Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors, is a project of historical fiction immersed in the culturally rich island of Penang in the 1920s. A once revered, now flailing British writer arrives to visit a friend and find inspiration for a new book. What he uncovers – secret affairs, a murder trial, and deeply complicated relationships – proves to be more than he expected. In today's episode, NPR's Ari Shapiro asks the author about using the real writer W. Somerset Maugham as his protagonist, and about what writing from the perspective of the Brits reveals about imperialism.

On this episode, we are joined by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng to talk about his new Booker Prize long-listed novel The House of Doors, a historical fiction story about British citizens living in colonial Malaya and their personal dramas that play out against the backdrop of significant real life events, including the murder trial Ethel Proudlock and the revolution of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. We chat with Twan about the challenges of writing fiction around real life characters and events as well as his inspiration for writing a story about white settlers in Malaysia. Follow Twan on instagram at @tan.twan.eng and check out his novel, The House of Doors, available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!*Support the podcast by supporting our new Patreon*Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba October 2023 pick is Natural Beauty by Ling Ling HuangThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveMentioned in this episode:Little Shop of Horrors in NYC now starring Constance WuLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is now in its fifth succulent year at the Westside Theatre! And right now, the man-eating musical has welcomed to the cast star of Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat Constance Wu and High School Musical's Corbin Bleu. Don't miss this delicious duo, onstage together for a limited time only. Use our offer code LSOPOD10 for $10 off your ticket!Little Shop of Horrors

Beth Golay recently spoke with "The House of Doors" author Tan Twan Eng about W. Somerset Maugham's private nature, capturing multiple perspectives on the page, and how he injected some imagination into the historic writer.

Tan Twan Eng, in some ways, has the perfect bibliography. He has written three books, all novels. All three have been on the short or long list for the Man Booker Prize. That should tell you how talented he is….and this is the first book he has published in more than a decade. The House of Doors is a lyrical and lovely read about the travels of William Somerset Maugham in Malaysia. Don't know Maugham's work? Doesn't matter. Don't know much about Malaysia? Doesn't matter. Tan Twan Eng's books transcend the familiar-getting to the humanity of every conflict, every story. This book transports readers….and its more than worth the price of the ticket. Books mentioned in this week's podcast: The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng This is Happiness by Niall Williams The Letter by William Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham The Casuarina Tree by William Somerset Maugham Time for a Tiger by Anthony Burgess Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The English novelist, playwright, and short story writer Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) lived a life as eventful as his prodigious literary output. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at Maugham's travels and travails, following Maugham across numerous continents as he sought material for his writing - and a safe resting place for himself and his various male companions. Then Jacke is joined by novelist Tan Twan Eng (The Gift of Rain, The Garden of Evening Mists) to discuss his new novel The House of Doors, which is based in part on Maugham's experiences on the Malay Peninsula. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Drunk Guys love beer two times this week when they read The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. They also love beer madly, including Couch Surfer by Torch and Crown, Desperate Egos by Root + Branch Brewing, and The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

We talk with Tan Twan Eng about his new novel, The House of Doors & Kerri Maher tells us about All You Have To Do Is Call.

Jason and Brett talk to Gaby Wood, the Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation about the prize process. Gaby talks about choosing judges, facilitating meetings, and other aspects of her role which includes making some difficult decisions. They also talk to three-time Booker Prize listee, Tan Twan Eng about his experience as a nominee and his unique insight as an 2023 International Booker Prize judge. Twan is currently represented on the 2023 longlist with his book, The House of Doors. - Watch how the Booker Prize works in this animated video - Official Booker Prize rules**BOOKS!** Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch! Follow us on Instagram @gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitmanWhat are you reading? Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

Ralph Mcallister reviews House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng published by Canongate.

Literary supernova Tan Twan Eng talks about how he works and his latest book "The House of Doors" which has been nominated for the Booker Prize in this live conversation with his superfan Michelle Martin. Watch this conversation here https://www.youtube.com/live/TjBgNHTO2M8?feature=shareSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the greatest novelists of our times was right here in Singapore last Saturday. Michelle Martin, who was in conversation with Tan Twan Eng at his book-talk at Kinokuniya, shares her thoughts on the book and the mind behind it. Watch Tan Twan Eng speak to Michelle Martin here https://www.youtube.com/live/TjBgNHTO2M8?feature=shareSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you like reading about writers? What does good writing about the act of writing do? And what happens when you write a real writer into a novel? Our guest this month is Tan Twan Eng, who joined us to talk about his third novel The House of Doors. Based around the writer W. Somerset Maugham's stay on the Island of Penang, in what was then Malaya, in 1921, it's also about the stories he learns from the couple he stays with there, and the interplay between their fact and his fiction. We'll be talking about the real and imagined writers that we've loved in fiction, the art of writing about writing, and the authors we'd most love to read a novel about - enjoy! Recommendations on the theme, Writing About Writers: Octavia: Aliens & Anorexia by Chris Kraus Carrie: Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday General Recommendations: Octavia: Greek Lessons by Han Kang Twan: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Carrie: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Find a list of all recommended books at: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/may-2023-writing-about-writers-with-tan-twang-eng Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/litfriction Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us & find us on Instagram: @litfriction Also, very excitingly, O's memoir This Ragged Grace has been selected as the Bookshop.org book of the month for June! So, if you'd like to read it, they're offering all wonderful Literary Friction listeners free shipping and 10% off if you pre-order it from them at the following link, using the code Ragged10: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/this-ragged-grace-a-memoir-of-recovery-and-renewal-octavia-bright/7400323?ean=9781838857462

Tan Twan Eng was the first Malay writer to win a number of key literary prizes including the Man Asia Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. David Oakes and Twan Eng first met whilst in Malaysia shooting the film adaptation of his Booker prize nominated “The Garden of Evening Mists”, and on the eve of publication for Twan Eng's new novel, “The House of Doors”, David seeks to find the secret behind the novelist's skill at crafting pitch-perfect nature metaphors - despite the truth of Twan wanting “…nature to be ordered”. Here we hear how Twan Eng met the Emperor of Japan's Gardener, how one should be weary of jungle spirits and tigers should one be 'caught short' in the Malay Rainforest, and how Twan Eng's heart, despite being born in Malaysia, is actually imbedded into the tow-paths of Richmond upon Thames; “I Dream in English” he says, as he shakes his gin martini... Why not become a "Subscription Squirrel" on our Patreon, and help support the production of this podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turkey's presidential election heads for a runoff, Volodymyr Zelensky tours Europe and China jails a US citizen for life on spying charges. With Jonathan Fenby and Caroline Frost. Plus: Amsterdam's Rembrandt Museum offers a pop-up tattoo studio and Malaysian author and International Booker Prize judge Tan Twan Eng discusses his third novel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brokeback Mountain on stage: musician and librettist Dan Gillespie Sells discusses writing the songs for a new stage production of Brokeback Mountain, adapted from Annie Proulx's short story about the romance between two men working as sheep herders in 1960s Wyoming. Venice Architecture Biennale: the exhibition at the British Pavilion this year draws on traditions practised by different diaspora communities in the UK - such as Jamaicans playing dominoes and Cypriots cooking outside - and explores how they occupy space, so this can be included in planning the built environment. Two of the curators, Meneesha Kellay and Joseph Henry, discuss how architecture goes beyond buildings and economic structures. Plus art generates art in Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng's new book The House of Doors, inspired in part by the life of William Somerset Maugham and the stories he wrote drawing on his travels in Malaysia. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Julian May

Tan Twan Eng talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about The Garden of Evening Mists. A lyrical novel set largely in 1950s Malay (now Malaysia), it tells the story of Yun Ling, imprisoned by Japanese soldiers during the Second World War, and Aritomo, a master gardener who once worked for the Emperor of Japan. It's a complex and moving story about forgetting, forgiveness and mercy. Our next Bookclub recordings: (email bookclub@bbc.co.uk to join us) Wednesday 19th April at 1300 at BBC Broadcasting House in London. Sarah Winman will be answering questions about her novel Tin Man. Wednesday 24 May at 1300 at BBC Broadcasting House in London Mary Lawson on Crow Lake

James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Cal Flyn about her acclaimed book, Islands of Abandonment, an exploration of places which have been reclaimed by nature. She talks about her travels to Cyprus, the Orkney Islands, First World War battlefields in France, and beyond, chronicling the fightback that plants have staged once humans have left. She reveals why finding hope in even the most desolate places is important to her, and why it's ok to leave lawns unmown. Our next recordings are both in-person events at BBC Broadcasting House in London. 16 February 2023 at 18.30 Nadifa Mohamed will be answering questions about The Fortune Men. 15 March 2023 at 1830 Tan Twan Eng on The Garden of Evening Mists To come along and take part, email bookclub@bbc.co.uk

The Dao of Daniel by Lodewyk G du Plessis, translated by Michiel Heyns, was launched at Exclusive Books V&A in Cape Town. The author was in conversation with Tan Twan Eng. This is a recording of that discussion. About the book: Daan van der Walt, a Latin-quoting, God-fearing former Kalahari farmer, visits his estranged son in China for the first time. When he has a vertigo attack soon after his arrival, his son drops him off at a Buddhist monastery. Under the guidance of Master Yang, an obstreperous Daan is made to practise Tai Chi to recover his balance, both physically and spiritually. He soon finds himself on a difficult path (the Dao of the title) to come to terms with his feelings of remorse and guilt. He sets out to write his Historia, or confessions, in the form of letters to his deceased wife and imaginary observations to his beloved dog. An unusual, often very funny, novel whose fields of reference include Roman and Greek mythology, Christian theology, Chinese history and Daoism. The Dao of Daniel is available at all good bookstores and online. Visit our website for more information: https://www.nb.co.za/en/view-book/?id=9780624092537

¡Hola a todos! Me temo que el viaje llega a su fin. Hemos vivido muchas cosas este verano, pero ya es hora de hacer las maletas y coger un avión de regreso a casa. Nos llevamos, eso sí, grandes experiencias. Hemos visitado 43 países, en los cinco continentes, aunque hemos hablado de muchos más libros. De hecho, diría que hemos pasado ampliamente los 80 que prometí :pOs dejo un pequeño resumen de todas las paradas de nuestro viaje y, también, de países con los que ampliar la ruta si es que aún os habéis quedado con ganas de seguir viajando.EUROPAEspaña: El infinito en un junco, de Irene Vallejo.Portugal: Ensayo sobre la ceguera, de José Saramago.Suecia: Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres (trilogía), de Stieg Larsson.Austria: Erebos, de Ursula Poznanski.Reino Unido: Matilda |Las brujas | Charlie y la Fábrica de chocolate | Relatos de lo inesperado, de Roald Dahl.Italia: Anna, de Niccolò Ammaniti.Alemania: Tú no eres como las otras madres, de Angelika Schrobsdorff.Islandia: Inocencia robada, de Arnaldur Indridason (serie de 14 novelas).Turquía: La bastarda de Estambul, de Elif Shafak.Albania: El Palacio de los Sueños, de Ismaíl Kadaré.En la lista de pendientes:Croacia: Café Europa, de Slavenka Drakulik.Rumanía: El verano que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes, de Tatiana Țîbuleac.Bielorrusia: La guerra no tiene nombre de mujer, de Svetlana Aleksiévich.Bélgica: La vida verdadera, de Adeline Dieudonné.Francia: Vestido de novia, de Pierre Lemaitre.ÁFRICARepública de Ghana: Volver a casa, de Yaa Gyasi.Egipto: Mujer en punto cero, de Nawal El Saadawi.Nigeria: Quédate conmigo, de Ayòbámi Adébáyò.Todo se desmorona, de Chinua Achebe.Americanah, de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.Islas Mauricio: El último hermano, de Nathacha Appanah.Sudáfrica: Desgracia, de John Maxwell Coetzee.Botsuana: La primera agencia de mujeres detectives, de Alexander McCall Smith (serie de 19 libros).Marruecos: Canción dulce, de Leïla Slimani.Mozambique: Cada hombre es una raza, de Mia Couto.Zimbabue: Necesitamos nombres nuevos, de NoViolet Bulawayo.En la lista de pendientes:Somalia: Eslabones, de Nuruddin Farah.Senegal: La huelga de los mendigos, de Aminata Sow Fall.Congo: Tranvía 83 de Fiston Mwanza MujilaAngola: Buenos días, camaradas, de OndjakiLibia: Solo en el mundo, de Hisham Matar.Chad: Las raíces del cielo, de Romain Gary.Sierra Leona: El jardín de las mujeres, de Aminatta Forna.Kenia: El diablo en la cruz, de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.Etiopía: El lugar del aire, de Dinaw Mengestu.AMÉRICAColombia: El ruido de las cosas al caer, de Juan Gabriel Vásquez.Cien años de soledad, de Gabriel García Márquez.México: Casas Vacías, de Brenda Navarro.Argentina: Subsuelo, de Marcelo Luján.Nuestra parte de la noche, de Mariana Enríquez.Kentukis, de Samantha Schweblin.Brasil: Mi planta de naranja lima, de José Mauro de Vasconcelos.Ecuador: Mandíbula, de Mónica Ojeda.Chile: Los Altísimos, de Hugo Correa.Jamaica: Leopardo negro, lobo rojo de Marlon James.Perú: ¿Qué tengo de malo?, de María José Caro.Bolivia: Nuestro mundo muerto, de Liliana Colanzi.Cuba: Silencios, de Karla Suárez.En la lista de pendientes:Nicaragua: El país bajo mi piel, de Gioconda Belli.El Salvador: Roza, tumba, quema de Claudia Hernández.República Dominicana: Papi, de Rita Indiana.OCEANÍAAustralia: La bofetada, de Christos Tsiolkas.En la lista de pendientes:Las Luminarias, de Eleanor Catton.ASIAIrán: Leer Lolita en Teherán, de Azar Nafisi.Persépolis, de Marjane Satrapi.Georgia: La octava vida, de Nino Haratischwili.Corea del Sur: Kim Ji-Young nacida en 1982, de Cho Nam-joo.Japón: Battle Royale, de Koushun Takami.Nunca me abandones, de Kazuo Ishiguro.La fórmula preferida del profesor, de Yoko Ogawa.Afganistán: Mil soles espléndidos | Cometas en el cielo, de Khaled Hosseini.Rusia: Metro 2033 (trilogía), de Dmitry Glukhovsky.El Vivo | Una edad difícil, de Anna Starobinets.La India: El dios de las pequeñas cosas, de Arundhati Roy.China: El problema de los tres cuerpos (trilogía), de Liu Cixin.Irak: Frankenstein en Bagdad, de Ahmed Saadawi.Nepal: De diosa a mortal, de Rashmila Shakya.Indonesia: La belleza es una herida, de Eka Kurniawan.Corea del Norte: Los acuarios de Pyongyang, de Kang Chol-hwan.Israel: Los siete años de abundancia, de Etgar Keret.En la lista de pendientes:Arabia Saudí: Ciudades de sal, de Abderrahmán Munif.Camboya: Se lo llevaron todo, de Loung Ung.Mongolia: Cielo azul, de Galsan Tschinag.Pakistán: El fundamentalista reticente, de Mohsin Hamid.Malasia: El jardín de las brumas, de Tan Twan Eng.Para cualquier duda o comentario, las formas de contactar conmigo son a través de Twitter (@greenpeeptoes) o en el canal de Telegram del programa (t.me/habitacion101) También espero tus comentarios en https://emilcar.fm/habitacion101 donde podrás encontrar los enlaces de este episodio.

Today we celebrate what I'm calling Dependence Day for Gardeners. We'll also learn about the gutta-percha pioneer - it's a fascinating story. We celebrate the California botanist who is remembered with a plant name and the name of a Canyon - and she was a tremendous conservationist. We also celebrate a botanist who is a sentimental favorite of mine - she died while collecting samples in the Western Himalayas almost eighty years ago today. We honor National Meadows Day - an annual celebration of the wildflower meadows of England - with some poetry. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a fiction book that was the Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, and the main character finds "solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of [the] Cameron Highlands," and she also meets some incredible gardeners. And then we'll wrap things up with the flowers for the birthday of President Calvin Coolidge - in 1924 one newspaper headline said, "Cal's Cool and 52". But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News Just moved? Build a Temporary Garden at Your New Home by Shawna Coronado "It's a smart plan to set up a temporary garden at your new home when you have just moved because you don't really understand the "lay of the land" in your garden yet. Understanding your garden takes at least a year. A YEAR!?!?! Yes. A year. An example of this is that the sunshine changes throughout your garden. In the winter, you might have the direct sun in some places, creating micro-climates, while in the summer, you could have the opposite. Understanding your sun, water, and other conditions on your property take a while."   No Independence Day for Gardener   (Click here to read my original blogpost)   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1804   Today is the birthday of the gutta-percha pioneer Henry Bewley who was born on this day in Dublin, Ireland. A trained chemist, Bewley began work manufacturing soda water. Bewley's work with soda got him in touch with Charles Hancock, who was eager to develop a stopper for bottles. Hancock's solution came to him in the form of gutta-percha - a tough, rubber-like substance that had been discovered in the sap of Malayasian trees and brought to England in the mid-1840s. After Hancock showed Bewley the gutta-percha, he set about inventing the machine that would extrude the gutta-percha into tubing, which would ultimately find a purpose in dentistry and as an insulator for electrical wiring. Although their partnership would not last, Bewley and Hancock formed the Gutta Percha Company in London on February 4, 1845. Twenty years later, Bewley's company was swept up in the merger that created The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. Until the mid-1900s, it was gutta-percha that protected the transatlantic cables used for communication. The resin from gutta-percha was used to make all kinds of items like buckets and mugs, soles for shoes, bands for heavy equipment, buoys, and so forth. Early on, the uses for gutta-percha seemed endless - but its original use as tubing (thanks to Bewley) was vital for scientists and engineers working with wiring, liquids, and gases. Gardeners owed a debt of gratitude to Bewley. His gutta-percha tubing was perfect for this in-demand item called a garden hose. I thought you might enjoy hearing a little excerpt from this 1854 advertisement for gutta-percha. It features a testimony from a Mr. J. Farrah, the gardener to a successful attorney who lived on the estate known as Holderness House near Hull. "I have 400 feet of your gutta-percha tubing in lengths of 100 feet each [and  I have used them] for the past 12 months for watering these gardens, and I find it... better than anything I have ever yet tried. The pressure of the water is very considerable, but this has not the slightest effect on the tubing. I consider this tubing to be a most valuable invention for gardeners, as much as it enables us to water our gardens in about half the time and with half the labor formerly required."   1976   On the 4th of July in 1976, a very hot day to go hiking, botanist Mary Dedecker made her way back to a spot in the desert of California where she had discovered a new plant earlier in June of that same year. When DeDecker reached the shrub, she was stunned. She remembers seeing the plants in full bloom - a gold profusion - and fondly recalled, "It was just golden. All over the dark cliffs, these golden bunches of this shrub." Mary and her husband, Paul, lived in Independence for over five decades. Paul's job brought them to the town. Mary remembered, "It was a different world up here. My husband would fish in the Alpine lakes of the High Sierra, and I would sketch and make notes on plants. There was virtually no literature on the flora of the eastern Sierra." Mary and Paul's DeDeckera shrub became the only species in the brand new Dedeckera genus, which was the first newly discovered genus in California in almost three decades. The DeDecker's shrub, the Dedeckera eurekensis, is a member of the buckwheat family and is commonly referred to as July gold. It's a rare plant and is only found in California's Inyo and White Mountains. These mountains are remote, but they were well-known by Paul and Mary, who loved to explore the desert and found it utterly enchanting. They lived to see the naming of Dedeckera Canyon, which was a unique honor.  Believe it or not, there is a rule that geographic locations cannot be named after living people. In this case, the canyon was officially named after the Dedeckera plant genus named for Mary and Paul - but it clearly honored the couple all the same. It was a sneaky way to get around the rules. As a little girl, Mary learned to garden from her dad, who encouraged her to grow things. Her training as a botanist and her love of nature gave her the drive to search the desert floor on countless hikes in order to collect and catalog over 6,000 plant species. It's no wonder then that Mary successfully fought to preserve the Eureka Dunes, which are adjacent to the northwest corner of Death Valley. In Mary's lifetime, she was able to stop off-road vehicles from destroying the dunes. Regarding her three-decades-long fight, she said, "It was terribly frustrating. I was sick as I went out and watched [off-road vehicle users] tear up the place, spinning out the plants and seedlings, destroying animal habitats. They would be all over the dunes having the time of their lives, so unaware of the damage to the delicate and unique ecosystems. . . ." Much of her work involved researching the flowers of the dunes. Thanks to Mary, the Dunes became part of the over 500 nationally recognized natural landmarks in the United States. Mary DeDecker witnessed many impressive desert blooms during her lifetime. The beauty of the desert and the miraculous desert plant life never failed to hold her attention. Among her many published works, Mary was perfectly suited to write two books on California's desert flora. Today young botanists may be surprised to learn that Mary never received any formal training. Yet, Mary credited the help of countless botanists and the desert itself as her teachers. Through her devotion and fieldwork, Mary came to be regarded as one of the nation's top experts on plants of the northern Mojave Desert and Owens Valley. There is an interesting side note to Mary's story. In 1945, while on one of her desert hikes, Mary discovered the remains of a Japanese-American named Matsumura who had left the internment camp at Manzanar to go fishing with friends. He had been missing for one month when Mary discovered him. Authorities buried him in that spot, and then slowly, the world forgot about his resting place. For decades, people attempted to relocate his burial spot without any luck. His grave remained lost to time until it was re-discovered in 2019.   1939  The English botanist Lady Joan Margaret Legge ("LAY-gee") died after she slipped and fell while collecting samples in the Western Himalayas at Valley of Flowers in India. When she died, Lady Joan was 54 years old and unmarried, and the youngest daughter of the sixth Earl of Dartmouth. In addition to enjoying botany, Lady Joan served the poor through her local church. In 1922, she was nominated for Sheriff of Staffordshire county, but her dad disqualified her on the grounds that she owned no property. Before traveling to the Valley of Flowers, Lady Joan had spent the previous three years tending to her sick father. Then, she had spent the winter before her trip battling pneumonia. Although some of her friends were against her going to India, Lady Joan was eager to go, and many remarked that it was her first real holiday in ten years.   The Valley of Flowers was an exciting destination. It had only just been discovered in 1931 - eight years before Lady Joan's visit.  Three English mountaineers had stumbled on the Valley after getting lost. The Valley enchanted them, and the flowers made it seem like they were in a fairyland. One of the climbers was a botanist named Frank Smythe. He wrote a book called Kamet Conquered, and in it, he named the area the Valley of Flowers. The Valley of Flowers is a seven-day trip from Delhi. It is now a protected national park. As the name implies, it is a lush area famous for the millions of alpine flowers that cover the hills and slopes and nestle along icy flowing streams. Throughout most of the year, the Valley of Flowers remains hidden, buried under several feet of snow throughout a seven-to-eight-month-long winter.  In March, the melting snow and monsoon activate a new growing season. There is a brief 3-4 month window when the Valley of Flowers is accessible – generally during the months of July, August, and September. The Valley of Flowers is home to over 500 varieties of wildflowers, and many are still considered rare. Along with daisies, poppies, and marigolds, there are primulas and orchids growing wild. The rare Blue Poppy, commonly known as the Himalayan Queen, is the most coveted plant in the Valley. Lady Joan ended up traveling to the Valley of Flowers as a direct result of Frank Smythe's book. Smythe's work inspired many, and it attracted the attention of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, and they sponsored Lady Joan's trip. After arriving in the Himilayas, Lady Joan was accompanied by guides and porters. As she made her way over the lower foothills, she collected alpine specimens.   On the day she died, Lady Joan was traversing the slopes of Khulia Garva, which still attracts tourists. After she fell, her porters recovered her body. They buried her in the Valley at the request of her older sister, Dorothy. All of Lady Joan's belongings were packed up and sent home to England. The following summer, in 1940, Dorothy visited her sister's grave and placed a marker over the spot where she had been buried.  Today, Lady Joan's marker is visited by tourists, and it includes poignant words from Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills From whence cometh my help   Unearthed Words Today in the UK, it's National Meadows Day - an annual celebration of the wildflower meadows of England. Each year, the event takes place on or around the first Saturday of July. So, in tribute, here are little poems about meadows.   How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold?  Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root,   and in that freedom bold.  — William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet   In the meadow - what in the meadow?  Bluebells, Buttercups, Meadow-sweet,  And fairy rings for the children's feet  In the meadow.  In the garden - what in the garden? Jacob's Ladder and Solomon's Seal, And Love-Lies-Bleeding beside  All-Heal In the garden.  — Christina Georgina Rossetti, English poet, In The Meadow - What In The Meadow?   Rose! We love thee for thy splendor,  Lily! For thy queenly grace! Violet !  For thy lowly merit, Peeping from thy shady place!  But mine airy, woodland fairy, Scattering odors at thy feet, No one knows thy modest beauty, No one loves thee, Meadow-Sweet! — Charles MacKay, Scottish poet, Meadow-Sweet   The Meadow-Sweet was uplifting  Its plumelets of delicate hue,  The clouds were all dreamily drifting Above the blue. On the day when I broke from my tether  And fled from the square and the street  Was the day we went walking together  In the meadow, sweet.  The Meadow-Sweet with its clover   And bright with Its buttercups lay;  The swallows kept eddying over,  All flashing and gay.   I remember a fairylike feather   Sailed down your coming to greet,   The day we went walking together   In the meadow, sweet.   Ahl the Meadow-Sweet! and the singing   Of birds in the boughs overhead l   And your soft little hand to mine clinging,   And the words that you said   When bold in the beautiful weather   I laid my love at your feet,   The day we went walking together   In the meadow, sweet.   — Francis Wynne, Irish poet, Longman's Magazine, Meadow-Sweet   In summer fields the Meadow-Sweet   Spreads its white bloom around the feet   Of those who pass In love or play   The golden hours of holiday;   And heart to answering heart can beat   Where grows the simple Meadow-Sweet   Embosomed in some cool retreat   The long seed grasses bend to meet   The stream that murmurs as it flows   Songs of forget-me-not and rose;   The filmy haze of noon-tide heat  Is faint with scents of Meadow-Sweet.   Ah, Love ! do you know Meadow-Sweet?   Does some pale ghost of passion fleet   Adown this dreary lapse of years,   So void of love, so full of fears? Some ancient far-off echo greet   The once loved name of Meadow-Sweet   — William Leonard Courtney, English author and poet, Meadow-Sweet   Grow That Garden Library The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng This book came out in 2012, and it won the Man Asian Literary Prize. Kirkus Reviews said, "The unexpected relationship between a war-scarred woman and an exiled gardener leads to a journey through remorse to a kind of peace. After a notable debut, Eng (The Gift of Rain, 2008) returns to the landscape of his origins with a poetic, compassionate, sorrowful novel set in the aftermath of World War II in Malaya…Grace and empathy infuse this melancholy landscape of complex loyalties enfolded by brutal history, creating a novel of peculiar, mysterious, tragic beauty." The book is a 4.5 star rated book on Amazon. It is 352 pages - and the perfect summer read for gardeners. You can get a copy of The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $3.   Today's Botanic Spark 1924  President Calvin Coolidge is the only American President to have been born on the 4th of July and celebrated his 52nd birthday at the Whitehouse. To mark the occasion, he received a nearly 6-foot-tall floral arrangement from the Florist Telegraphers Association. The president was born at Plymouth, Vermont. Newspapers pointed out that while he was turning 52, the country was turning 148. One newspaper headline said, "Cal's Cool and 52". The Wilkes-Barre Record reported: "The President made no unusual observance of his birthday but joined with the nation in the July Fourth celebration. He spoke [in the] morning before the National Education Association. Later in the day, he planned to board the Presidential yacht (Mayflower) for a cruise down the Potomac. There were no White House guests, although the two sons of the President and Mrs. Coolidge, John and Calvin, Jr, were at home. E. T. Clark, private secretary to the president, said more than 46,000 cards and letters of congratulation had been received." Today, if you google "Calvin Coolidge 1924 birthday", you can see him standing on the south lawn next to the very large floral arrangement that was delivered to the White House. Three days after his birthday, Coolidge and his family suffered a personal tragedy. His younger son and namesake, Calvin Jr., developed an infected blister. He died on July 7 from sepsis. Although Coolidge became depressed, the public voted him into office, and he won a three-way race and the popular vote by 2.5 million votes over his two opponents' combined totals.  

Today Chelsey and Sara are chatting about The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1954, this Booker Prize winning novel follows a quintessential English butler named Stevens on a road trip to visit his manor’s former housekeeper Miss Kenton. This is the perfect novel for Downton Abbey fans, but it’s darker and more introspective than the show. In addition to the historical context of this modern classic, we discuss character-driven novels and four of Sara’s all-time favorite books.  Our discussion includes:  Personal reading preferences and the appeal of character-driven novels (6:55)  The theme of regret (20:00)  Connections to Downton Abbey and why fans needs to read this book  (28:28) Plus, as always, we’re recommending six contemporary books to pair with our classic including a time-hopping literary fiction novel and a cozy historical mystery. Today’s episode is brought to you by Libro.fm, the only audiobook company that allows you to purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite indie bookstore. You can get THREE audiobooks for $15 by clicking this link or by using code NOVELPAIRINGS at checkout. Librofm: https://libro.fm/membership/new Bookshop List: https://bookshop.org/lists/novel-pairings-for-the-remains-of-the-day-by-kazuo-ishiguro-and-downton-abbey-fans           Contemporary Pairings & Timestamps:  Chelsey’s Pairings: Atonement by Ian McEwan (33:45), Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (39:24), Americanah by Chimamamnda Ngozi Adichie (46:15) Sara’s Pairings: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (36:37), The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (42:08), Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (49:07) Sara’s Pick: You’re Wrong About Podcast (52:38) Chelsey’s Pick: The Plot Against America on HBO (55:10)

'The Garden of Evening Mists' sees a young woman, a survivor of the Japanese Occupation, trying to build a memorial for her lost sister who she saw killed during the brutal Japanese Occupation. Aiming to build a Japanese garden, Yun Ling seeks out Aritomo - who was once the gardener for the Emperor of Japan. Michelle Martin speaks with Tan Twan Eng, Author of ‘The Garden of Evening Mists'.

With the launch go The Garden of Evening Mists movie, we got author Tan Twan Eng in the studio to spill the beans on borrowed sceneries, horimonos and, the thrill of seeing your characters come to life on the big screen. Of course we needed out on books too!

Author of the acclaimed Garden of the Evening Mist and The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng joined Sham on #TheLITEBreakfast to talk about writing his latest book, his inspiration for the story and his response to criticism.

This month we’re in The Book Lounge Bookshop in Cape Town, South Africa and talking to the Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng about his Man Asian Literary Prize-winning novel, The Garden of Evening Mists. This haunting tale, set in the jungles of Malaya during and after World War II, centres on Yun Ling, the sole survivor of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in which her sister perished. Driven by the desire to honour her sister’s memory through the creation of a lush and sensuous garden Yun Ling falls into a relationship with the enigmatic Japanese gardener Aritomo and begins a journey into her past, inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country’s history. (Picture: Tan Twan Eng. Credit: Lloyd Smith.)

This month we bring you a discussion on The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng. Next month we discuss Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. (Musical Credit: Confluence by John Williams)

We close 2014 with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt. Next month we read The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng. (Musical Credit: Georgia on my mind by Ray Charles)

Find out how the Metropolitan Police are planning to use Tasers, meet the new Borough Commander and hear how crime and anti social behaviour are being reduced. Survivor of Institutional abuse in Ireland, Mary Lodato will be talking about the road to recovering her who self, at the Feminist Library on Sunday 19th May; The Festival of Asian Literature comes to a close at Asia House with a conversation between Maya Jaggi and Tan Twan Eng. ‘How Can Art?’ youth sessions are taking place at the Camden Arts Centre . Read by: Mainga Bhima, Marian Larragy & DJ P.Tosh Research & Editing: Mainga Bhima Feminist Library :: Camden Arts Centre :: Asia House :: Camden Community & Police Consultative Committee :: Back to Camden Community Radio :: File Download (6:18 min / 6 MB)

Booker shortlisted author Tan Twan Eng talks to John Freeman about The Garden of Eveing Mists.

Listen to an audio interview with Tan Twan Eng, 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted author on his novel The Garden of Evening Mists. For more information about the Man Booker Prize visit http://www.themanbookerprize.com/

Listen to audio extracts from the six shortlisted novels for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.