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Episode #3: Woman Running in the Mountains, by Yuko Tsushima

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Show Notes

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Yūko Tsushima's 1980 novel Woman Running in the Mountains (tr. Geraldine Harcourt) and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Books mentioned: Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Of Dogs and Walls by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Child of Fortune by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt The novels of Jean Rhys The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing The Wall by Marlen Hauhofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside Surfacing by Margaret Atwood Bear by Marian Engel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Black Paper by Teju Cole Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza, translated by Thomas Bunstead The Break by Katherena Vermette A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail.com Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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