Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late November.

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Books mentioned:

• Fragments of a Paradise by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
• Hill by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• Middlemarch by George Eliot
• The Position of Spoons by Deborah Levy
• To and Fro by Leah Hager Cohen
• Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
• Melvill by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
• Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir by Erika Morillo
• Salvage: Readings From the Wreck by Dionne Brand
• Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls

You might also be interested in:

• “The Autobiography of J.G.B.” by J.G. Ballard - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/11/the-autobiography-of-j-g-b
• Information on the Tom Jones read-along: https://readingkatebriggs.substack.com/
• Rebecca's review of Gifted: https://wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews/gifted-suzumi-suzuki-allison-markin-powell/

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

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Frances: @nonsuchbook

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Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss THE HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile. This English language translation of Giono's "often over-looked seafaring tale," an "allegorical critique of modern civilization," will be released by Archipelago Books on November 5. We would love to have you consider reading this one, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late October.

Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

Books mentioned:

• The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
• The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
• The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
• A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
• Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
• Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
• Lublin by Manya Wilkinson
• The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
• The Wilderness by Ayşegül Savaş
• Frighten the Horses by Oliver Radclyffe
• The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
• The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons
• Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh
• The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
• Fragments of a Paradise by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

This third bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and podcaster, David Naimon, while Dorian recharges his depleted battery in the wilds of Canada. We are devoted listeners to David's fine work on Between the Covers, and as you listen in here, we feel confident that you will appreciate the intelligence, the generosity, and the empathy that makes his work irresistible to us.

You might also be interested in:

David's Crafting With Ursula series: https://tinhouse.com/th_podcast_cat/crafting-with-ursula/

These five recent episodes of Between the Covers that are favorites of Frances and Rebecca:

• Naomi Klein - Part 1 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger/ and Part 2 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger-part-two/
• Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
• Anne de Marcken - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/anne-de-marcken-it-lasts-forever-and-then-its-over/
• Mathias Énard - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/mathias-enard-the-annual-banquet-of-the-gravediggers-guild/
• Kate Briggs - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-briggs-the-long-form/

We mention this new podcast Hey, It’s Me, hosted by Rachel Zucker and Mike Sakasegawa: https://www.heyitsmepodcast.com/about

We mention the newsletter Involutions of the Seashell, an epistolary exchange between Lori Feathers and Anthony Garrett on Marguerite Young's novel MISS MACINTOSH, MY DARLING. https://missmacintosh.substack.com/

And finally, we think you also might enjoy reading David's book, Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/conversations-on-writing

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late June.

Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

Books mentioned:

• La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola, translated with introduction and notes by Roger Pearson
• L’Assommoir by Émile Zola, translated by Brian Nelson and edited by Robert Lethbridge
• Germinal by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier and With an Introduction by Robert Lethbridge
• The Masterpiece by Émile Zola, translated by Thomas Walton and translation revised and introduced by Roger Pearson
• Nana by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine and Edited by Brian Nelson
• Pot Luck by Émile Zola, Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Brian Nelson
• Doctor Pascal by Émile Zola, translated by Julie Rose, edited by Brian Nelson
• The Octopus by Frank Norris
• Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Wool, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker
• Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton
• The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
• The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard
• It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
• The Wedding by Dorothy West

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
• Further pursuing your knowledge of literary zombie novels

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian 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.

Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

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

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.