Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late May.
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Books mentioned:
- During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
- The Evening Wolves by Joan Chase
- Bonneville Blue by Joan Chase
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
- Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni
- Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
- The Wedding by Dorothy West
- Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
- La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola
You might also be interested in:
- “Is It Even Good? Brandon Taylor Reads Zola” – https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n07/brandon-taylor/is-it-even-good
- “The Longest, Least-Remembered Great American Novel” by Ryan Ruby – https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-longest-least-remembered-great-american-novel
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