Gravity's Rainbow
07/29/22 • 71 min
Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of July’s book, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon published in 1973 (from Page 455 (US,383 - Part3 Section 8 - the paragraph starting 'A soft night') if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for August is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) — we’ll be reading up to Ch.9 on p.138 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 12th August. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: I've removed obscene swear words (apologies to Pynchon). There are some very adult themes in the novel covering topics of sex, war and oppression.
This episode will be available until October but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg
Future Reads:
August: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) 266pp.
September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (644pp.)
October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp.)
I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of July’s book, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon published in 1973 (from Page 455 (US,383 - Part3 Section 8 - the paragraph starting 'A soft night') if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for August is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) — we’ll be reading up to Ch.9 on p.138 (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 12th August. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: I've removed obscene swear words (apologies to Pynchon). There are some very adult themes in the novel covering topics of sex, war and oppression.
This episode will be available until October but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg
Future Reads:
August: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) 266pp.
September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (644pp.)
October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp.)
I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gravity's Rainbow
Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of July’s book, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon published in 1973 (up to Page 455 (US,383 - Part3 Section 8 - the paragraph starting 'A soft night') if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 29th July), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Page 455 (US,383 - Part3 Section 8 - the paragraph starting 'A soft night')). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube Channel or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for August is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: I've removed obscene swear words (apologies to Pynchon). There are some very adult themes in the novel covering topics of sex war and oppression.
Future Reads:
August: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (644pp.)
October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp.)
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones
Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the first half of August’s book, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by The Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones published in 2009 (up to Ch.9 ‘The Largest in the Smallest’ if you're reading alongside). The idea of the podcast is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first podcast, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second podcast (published on the last Friday of the month - 26thAugust), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Chapter 9 on page 138 to the end). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for September is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: There are some violent scenes in the book. Please check the content before proceeding.
This episode will be available until November but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpg
Future Reads:
September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (623pp)
October: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (152pp)
November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280pp)
I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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