Book Nomad: Reading the World

On this journey I'm joined by Zakia:

• The manifestations of power extend beyond physical influence.
• Can fiction fill the silences in history's narratives?
• Projecting today's perspectives onto a historical context.

Book in focus: The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (Morocco/USA). Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - on Twitter: @booknomadpod - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey:

• Book blurbs destroy books!
• What is a "good job"?
• Humans are social beings.

Book in focus: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan). Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - on Twitter: @booknomadpod - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey I'm joined by Assia:

• How do we decide what misrepresentation looks like?
• These elections are not for you.
• Do you have to understand everything you read? Because we don't!

Book in focus: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Algeria). Follow Assia on Instagram: @shereadsox. Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey I'm joined by Assia:

• Are we more critical of writers from our own social groups?
• Discover Western Algeria.
• This writer expects you to be patient!

Book in focus: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Algeria) Follow Assia on Instagram: @shereadsox. Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey:

• What is it about "self-help" books?
• Respect the teacher?
• The place for traditional values today.

Book in focus: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (USA) Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey:

• Do you think about the author's personal bias when reading?
• An unusual style of exploring autobiography and history.
• Putting an author in a box.
• And an announcement!

Book in focus: China in Ten Words by Hua Yu (China). Share your opinions, suggestions, counter-arguments - on Instagram: @booknomadpodcast - by email: [email protected] - on the website: www.booknomad.weebly.com

On this journey:

- Reflections on my Reading the World project for 2018, - My top books for 2018, - My reading plan for 2019.

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On this journey: - What's your genre identity? - All about manga. - Does power pollute good intentions?

Book in focus: Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata (Japan).

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On this journey: - What makes a book become popular? - Novels: entertainment vs. education. Where's the balance? - Why we need editors.

Book in focus: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden).

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On this journey: - Do we need background knowledge to read critically? - An exploration of childhood trauma. - Complex background characters.

Book in focus: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Colombia).

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