{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/63ff6ef0c60fff0011ba4a59?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"It Begins with a Conversation  - Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1619498838832-b9b888b7974be88b0999616b26774336.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Season 4 opens with Linda's announcement of the podcast's <a href=\"www.gettinglitwithlinda.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new website</a> and then shifts to a discussion about her literary journey - how she came to focus first on Canadian literature and then Indigenous literatures, which all started with a vital conversation. Her first book in the latter field was <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/156126/monkey-beach-by-eden-robinson/9780676973228\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Robinson's <em>Monkey Beach</em> </a>- and it was a game-changer, sending her off to read and understand a field about which she knew very little when she started her post-graduate studies. With brief nods to Robinson's extraordinary trajectory of writing (including <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/532532/son-of-a-trickster-by-eden-robinson/9780345810793\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Son of a Trickster)</em></a>, Linda explains why this novel remains a personal favourite. In the Takeaway, she addresses the fact that there is a corresponding movie for <a href=\"https://monkeybeachmovie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Monkey Beach,</em></a><em> </em>which has an ending that is arguably different than that of the novel - or is it? You'll have to read the novel and watch the film to know why ....</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}