For many of us, reading is like taking a holiday. But this week, we dive into true literary holidays as we discuss some of our favorite bookish destinations, as well as a few that are on our bucket lists. Where are your top literary destinations?
Shownotes
Books
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, by Heather Clark
The Bridge of Beyond, by Simone Schwarz-Bart, translated by Barbara Bray
Shady Hollow, by Juneau Black
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Michael R. Katz
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs
Divorcing, by Susan Taubes
Transit, by Anna Seghers, translated by Margaret Bettauer Dembo
Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee
The Expendable Man, by Dorothy B. Hughes
Thus Were Their Faces, by Silvina Ocampo, translated Daniel Balderston
Motley Stones, by Adalbert Stifter, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole
Rock Crystal, by Adalbert Stifter, translated by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore
Temptation, by János Székely, translated by Mark Baczoni
Mary Olivier: A Life, by May Sinclair
Hons and Rebels, by Jessica Mitford
Virgin Soil, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett
The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese, translated by R.W. Flint
The Moon and the Bonfire, by Cesare Pavese, translated by R.W. Flint
Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
The Shining, by Stephen King
Carrie, by Stephen King
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King
Centennial, by James Michener
Augustus, by John Williams
Other
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Episode 67: On a Bookish Holiday