Pedro Páramo

01/27/23 • 37 min

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of January’s book, Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden) published in 1955 (from page 71 "The weather must be changing up there." if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I’ve never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I’ll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for February is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages) — we’ll be reading up to Page 72 "The shop was quiet." (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 10th February. Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: I have removed any swear words. Their are adult themes of sexuality, abuse of power and death/dying throughout the novel.

Future Reads:

February: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages)

March: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. Magda Bogin (491 pages)

April: Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages)

I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/

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Content Warning: I have removed any swear words. Their are adult themes of sexuality, abuse of power and death/dying throughout the novel.

Future Reads:

February: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages)

March: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. Magda Bogin (491 pages)

April: Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages)

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.

Previous Episode

Pedro Páramo

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of January’s book, Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (trans. Margaret Sayers Peden) published in 1955 (up to page 71 "The weather must be changing up there." if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 27th January), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from page 71 "The weather must be changing up there."). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for February is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life fo Ivan Denisovich (143 pages) (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: There will be spoilers up to 50%. It is quite spooky and there are adult themes throughout the novel

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Next Episode

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of February’s book, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn trans. Ralph Parker published in 1953 (up to page 72 "The shop was quiet" if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 24th February), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from page 72 "The shop was quiet"). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to [email protected]. The book we’ll be reading for March is The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. by Magda Bogin (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: There are scenes of severe hunger, cold, and harsh prison life in sub zero degree temperatures. I have removed any swear words.

Future Reads:

March: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende trans. by Magda Bogin

April: Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (152 pages)

May: Light by M.John Harrison (320 pages)

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.