Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of August’s book, Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais published in the 1530s (book one ‘Gargantua' if you're reading alongside). The idea is that I split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th August), we’ll look at the book 2 ‘Pantagruel'). Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for September is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - 401 pages (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger
Content Warning: There are very adult themes throughout. It’s not a book for children. There are Scenes of sexual coercion. a lot of sexism and mysogony. I would check the content of the novel before reading it. You have been warned
Future Reads:
September: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - 401 pages
October: The Machine Stops by EM Forster - 55 pages
The Unquenchable Thirst to Understand: Francois Rabelais’ Satire of Medieval and Renaissance Learning In Gargantua and Pantagruel by Yvonne Merritt http://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol2/issue2/rabelais.htm
I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the ’90 best UK Books podcasts worth listening to in 2023’ at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/
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