<p>Book Chat is back, and episode 7 pits a Pulitzer-winning author against a Nobel-winning author. But not really: in the battle of the Annies whose name ends in ‘X’, both Bobby and Pandora are winners. Discussing Close Range by Annie Proulx, Bobby feels the need to make apologies for the unapologetic bleakness of rural Wyoming – while Pandora is transported back to the excruciating experience of Catholic boarding school girlhood in Annie Ernaux’s A Girl’s Story.</p><br><p>You can get in touch <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p>Sound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora Sykes</p><br><p><strong>Books/articles mentioned:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-proulx/close-range/9781841150765" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Close Range</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-proulx/shipping-news/9781857022421" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Shipping News</a> by Annie Proulx</p><br><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-girl-s-story-winner-of-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature-annie-ernaux/2726057?ean=9781913097158" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Girl’s Story</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-ernaux/years/9781910695784" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Years</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-ernaux/man-s-place-winner-of-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature/9781804270547" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Man’s Place</a>, <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-womans-story/annie-ernaux/9781583225752" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Woman’s Story</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-ernaux/happening/9781910695838" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Happening</a>, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/getting-lost-winner-of-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature-annie-ernaux/7013345?ean=9781913097004" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Getting Lost</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-ernaux/simple-passion-winner-of-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature/9781804270554" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Simple Passion</a> by Annie Ernaux</p><br><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/gabrielle-zevin/storied-life-of-a-j-fikry/9780349141077" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry</a> and <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-discover-the-moving-powerful-sunday-times-bestseller-that-everyone-is-talking-about-gabrielle-zevin/7312831?ean=9781529115543" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow</a> by Gabrielle Zevin</p><br><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ordinary-human-failings-megan-nolan/7299107?ean=9781787332508" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ordinary Human Failings</a> and <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/acts-of-desperation-the-must-read-novel-of-2022-megan-nolan/4858483?ean=9781529113013" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acts of Desperation</a> by Megan Nolan</p><br><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/stephen-king/different-seasons/9780751504330" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Different Seasons</a> by Stephen King</p><br><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/john-williams/stoner/9780099561545" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stoner</a> and <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/butcher-s-crossing-john-williams/1757732?ean=9780099589679" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Butcher’s Crossing</a> by John Williams</p><br><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/simone-de-beauvoir/second-sex/9780330303385" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Second Sex</a> by Simone de Beauvoir</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
