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122. The Wild Book by Juan Villoro
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
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We’re closing out our spring semester of children’s classics with one final book about a book—and another richly imagined story in translation, The Wild Book by Juan Villoro. This modern story reached great acclaim in Mexico, with an English translation finally reaching America in 2017. We found this work a compelling companion to our first children’s work in translation, Inkheart, and we share our thoughts on the book’s proposed relationship between books and reading, how this modern work stacks up besides tried-and-true classics, and the supernatural elements that feel grounded in the magical realism traditions of incredible Lantix authors. We love reading and discussing books with our listeners, and we hope you’ll join our group of nerdy readers for a summer of EPIC reading over on our Patreon at patreon.com/novelpairings. Annual subscriptions are now available at a discounted price. Pairings Timestamp: 25:50 . . . Books Mentioned: The Wild Book by Juan Villoro Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Released:
May 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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