Paula is back for the last regular episode of the year and we talk about biography, books from the backlist, and books from countries we don’t know much about.

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Reading Envy 235: Nature of Humanity

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Books discussed:

Wrestling with the Angel by Michael King
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Sovietistan by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson
Chronicle in Stone by Ismaeil Kedare, translated by Arshi Pipa and David Below

Other mentions:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Small Island by Andrea Levy
The Swing in the Summerhouse by Jane Longton
The Border by Erika Fatland
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Embers by Sandor Marai

Related episodes:

Episode 045 – Worlds Collide with Ross O’Brien
Episode 119 – Bread and Butter Writing with Paula
Episode 154 – Is If If with Paula
Episode 187 – Sentient Snails and Spaceships with Paula
Episode 210 – Reading Goals 2021
Episode 231 – Psychological Terrorism with Reggie
Episode 234 – Punctuation Marks with Nadine

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