Poured Over Double Shot: Katherine Arden and Yangsze Choo
Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China.\xa0\xa0
Katherine Arden\u2019s The Warm Hands of Ghosts shows the terrors of war and the unsettling and fantastical things that can appear in its shadow. Arden joins us to talk about her extensive research, classical allusions in her writing and more with guest host, Jenna Seery.\xa0
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo bridges the mystical and the familiar with an expansive story featuring a detective and mysterious and sly (yet alluring) fox spirits. Choo talked with us about writing in this setting, cultural influences on her work, connections to nature and more with host, Miwa Messer.\xa0
We end this episode with a TBR Topoff from booksellers, Marc and Mary.\xa0\xa0
Featured Books (Episode):\xa0
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden\xa0\xa0
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo\xa0
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden\xa0\xa0
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque\xa0
Paradise Lost by John Milton\xa0
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov\xa0
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo\xa0
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo\xa0
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng\xa0
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
The Night Circus\xa0by Erin Morgenstern\xa0
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu\xa0\xa0