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Hello and welcome to the literature podcast, A Novel Review. My name is Seamus and together we will explore, dissect and discuss the wonderful world of literature and the wonderful world of literature is a vast and dense jungle, so let’s start making our way through, one book at a time.
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- Yesterday16 min
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer | The World Ends. She Has to Milk the Cow.
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com What if the world ended, but nobody told you why? Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall is a haunting blend of dystopian fiction, survival story and philosophical mystery. Today I explore isolation, nature, animals, civilisation and the strange domesticity of apocalypse… and ask what remains when humanity disappears. Painting: Today I painted some mountians Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: The Wall by Marlen Haushofer I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- 2 weeks ago21 min
The Collector by John Fowles | When Love Becomes Possession
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com What happens when a lonely man wins the lottery, buys a secluded house, and decides the one thing missing from his collection is a woman? John Fowles’ The Collector is part psychological thriller, part Gothic nightmare, and part very uncomfortable thought experiment about love, possession and freedom. And, rather inconveniently, the inspiration for it gets even creepier. Painting: Today I painted a butterfly Some of the books and authors and content discussed in this episode include: The Collector by John Fowles Bela Bartok Herzog Blaubarts Burg Duke Bluebeard's Castle TALES FROM THE PAST: The Garden Secret, Lewisham On Collecting by Christopher Skelton-Foord Design and Meaning in The Ebony Tower by Thomas Loe Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- Aug 16, 202620 min
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson | Malazan Review
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com Steven Erikson’s Deadhouse Gates doesn’t so much invite you into its world as drag you behind a galloping horse and demand that you keep up. The second Malazan Book of the Fallen novel is bigger, darker and considerably less interested in holding your hand, throwing assassins, empires, gods, ancient grudges and one spectacularly brutal desert crossing into the same literary blender. Yet beneath all the bloodshed and battlefield chaos is something surprisingly human: a story about loyalty, suffering, vengeance and what people are willing to endure for one another. And just when you think you’ve figured out where Erikson is taking you, he cheerfully sets fire to the map. Painting: Today I painted a crow against a red sun landscape Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson Hannibal by Livy Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- Aug 2, 202611 min
William - an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton | Forgotten Women of Literature
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com Few novels puncture patriotic certainty with quite the elegance of William – An Englishman. In this episode, I wander through Cicely Hamilton's quietly devastating World War I novel, where satire, social observation, and unfortunate timing expose the absurdities of English life and what it mean to be ‘English’. A forgotten classic that remains uncomfortably modern. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- Jul 19, 202611 min
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo | Ghosts, Memory, and the Haunted Past
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com A haunting novel where ghosts whisper, memories return, and every silence echoes with unresolved longing. Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo uncovers haunted landscapes, fractured time, and unforgettable voices, revealing how the past refuses burial. Painting: Today I painted a skull under Pedro Paramo’s hat Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- Jul 5, 202614 min
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and the loneliness epidemic
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com In a world where Artificial Friends are needed to sustain and nurture human relationships A.I is not the problem but rather, the result of a larger issue. Only a world that is socially adrift and suffering under the weight of a loneliness epidemic would reply on such a technology to try mimic genuine feeling and relation. Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, “Klara and the Sun” explore this society where relations are fractured and people struggle to know each other and themselves. Painting: Today I painted the sun Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- Jun 14, 202616 min
The Strange Journey of a Coat: Three Stories, One Human Anxiety
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com What connects Gogol's The Overcoat, Seán O'Faoláin's The Fur Coat, and Vladimir Voinovich's The Fur Hat? In this episode, I explore how three stories from different countries, cultures, and historical periods share a remarkably similar narrative structure. Through coats, hats, and other items of clothing, these writers examine identity, status, dignity, and the human desire for recognition. From Tsarist Russia to postwar Ireland and the Soviet Union, the same anxieties continue to shape human experience. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol The Fur Hat by Sean o Faolain The Fur Hat by Vladimir Voinovich Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
- May 25, 202616 min
5 GREAT BOOKS under 200 pages long
To follow and support us, click here: http://anovelreviewpodcast.com The Goldilocks book: not too long, not too short - just enough time to leave a lasting punch. In this episode, I explore great books under 200 pages: compact stories packed with depth, emotion, and unforgettable ideas. Across a wide range of genres, these books give both the author and the reader enough space to truly sink their teeth into a world, a character, or a question, before pulling you back out again wanting more. Proof that a great book doesn’t need hundreds of pages to stay with you long after the final line. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: I’m the King of the Castle by Susan Hill Class Trip by Emanuel Carrere The Moustache by Emanuel Carrere The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. le Guin Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid Earwig by B Catling Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint Exupery Substack: https://substack.com/@alexanderwoolven Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQzE_T2r6qPR_jbZNgZC1Q Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-novel-review-podcast/id1681724908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uCgZyBj9T5uPQsfbqTUW5 Podbean: https://anovelreviewpodcast.podbean.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/novelreviewpod Email: anovelreviewpodcast@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/anovelreviewpod/ -------- #BookPodcast, #BookTube, #BookLovers, #ReadingCommunity, #LiteraryPodcast, #BooksAndSociety, #ReadingForChange, #LiteratureLovers, #ReadersOfYouTube, #PodcastEpisode, #SeasonalContent, #ThoughtfulReading, #BookDiscussion, #CulturalConversation
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Hello and welcome to the literature podcast, A Novel Review. My name is Seamus and together we will explore, dissect and discuss the wonderful world of literature and the wonderful world of literature is a vast and dense jungle, so let’s start making our way through, one book at a time.
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