In Episode 51 Gen and Jette talk about Coach House Books’ 2020 fall releases.
First, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja. The reader travels with Gilbert on a pilgrimage through Japan. Then, The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, translated by Rhonda Mullins, which follows the narrator as she negotiates between her virtual world and the real world. And lastly, Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, translated by Pablo Strauss. This work connects a series of stories about a climate-changed world.
We love working with Coach House Books and had such a great time discussing their 2020 fall releases!
Show Notes
Aokigahara Jukai forest in Japan is more commonly known as the suicide forest.
The Complete Manual of Suicide is in fact a real book. This is not a recommendation.
You can read about more about Basho’s travels in The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches.
The 2019 Canada Reads selection translated by Rhonda Mullins is Suzanne by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette.
Darwin’s Origin of Species was published in 1859.
Voyager I launched on September 5, 1977.
Learn more about the polar bears of Churchill, Manitoba.
The tale of Daniel in the lions’ den appears in Chapter 6 of the Book of Daniel. The painting that Gen was thinking of was this one by Peter Paul Rubens.
Books and Media Mentioned
The X-Files, Season 1, Episode 8, “Ice”
Black Swan
Annihilation and The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
Westworld
