Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
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Today's book review is of Susanna Clarke's book, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell".
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Episodes (9)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
We get into spoilers starting at 25:25. Spoiler-free again at 42:18!
Links to things we talked about:
- Variety: Fox Moves Forward With Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Who Is Jake Ellis?,’ Taps Josh Mond to Direct
- Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson and Tonči Zonjić: Bookshop
- YouTube: THE PERIPHERAL | Official Trailer
- The Peripheral by William Gibson: Bookshop | IMDB
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: Bookshop
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: Bookshop | IMDB
- In This Issue...: Acme Novelty Library #8 with Austin English on Apple Podcasts
Our Plugs:
- Pink Lemonade by Nick Cagnetti
- Heat 2: Bookshop
- Heat: IMDB
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Ep. 8 - The Power in a Name
We lift the veil of anonymity and discuss Jean Valjean, an insidious fairy, and Rumpel...Rump... Rumplemintz!
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And the winner is: the book prize winners of 2021
Kate Grenville, Craig Silvey, Susanna Clarke, Nardi Simpson, Damon Galgut, Christos Tsiolkas and more on their prize-winning books. Plus, former winners Colson Whitehead, Bernardine Evaristo and Anthony Doerr on the impact of winning a major prize.
Ep. 2 - The Quick and the Dead
We share experiences of the unexplained, delve into an excerpt from Susanna Clarke’s, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,” and provide a teaser to an original work titled, “The Storm of Whimsy.”
Hannah Kent and Susanna Clarke on love and loneliness
Author of Burial Rites and The Good People, Hannah Kent says she wanted to look at human connection in her latest novel Devotion. It's another historical novel but is a love story about two girls whose love transcends rules, religion, and even crosses an ocean.
Also, the British author, Susanna Clarke, was the winner of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel Piranesi. She talks about writing the book while living with a chronic illness.
Can We Just Read, Please
Day 829 of our reading slump.
Things are looking bleak. The books on the shelves don't vibe with us. Our library books are being returned without ever having been read. We barely know how to read anymore. Do we just hold the books in our hands? Or is there another step? We can't remember.
Please, send help.
(Also, Vee reads Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and Jess reads Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller)
Podcast Extra: Susanna Clarke
Writer Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; Piranesi) with Kate Evans, on the bookshelf that shaped her, why statues are fascinating, and creating a world out of ruins and seawater
Slipping between worlds and cities, in history, fiction and fantasy
On Susanna Clarkeâs Piranesi, Ken Follettâs The Evening and the Morning and Edmund Whiteâs A Saint from Texas