Episode 23: Landscape as Character

Buckle up... because in this globetrotting episode, the twin hosts of the Book XChange podcast take you to locations far and wide: the orchards of California, islands in Polynesia, the ancient moors of England, northwest Canada, coastal fishing villages in Maine, the Antilles in the Caribbean, the Swiss Alps, and more. In Episode 23, Jude and John offers their recommendations of books that utilize landscape as character - meaning, the physical environment these stories are set in are so fundamental to the reading experience, they become "characters" in themselves. It's a fascinating topic, one we think generated a rich and entertaining discussion... we hope you'll think so too. Are there novels or stories that you can't forget, in part because of their setting? If so, then this episode is for you!

BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE

What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next:

'The Right Stuff," Tom Wolfe -

'The Bones of St. Pierre,' Steven Knapp -

What John is currently reading/plans to read next:

'Citizen: An American Lyric,' Claudia Rankine -

'The Wayfarers: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World,' Wade Davis -

Jude's Recommendations of Books that Utilize Landscape as a Character:

'In Dubious Battle,' John Steinbeck -

'Mardi,' Herman Melville -

'The Orenda,' Joseph Boyden -

'The Bayou Trilogy,' Daniel Woodrell -

'The Sport of Kings,' C. E. Morgan -

John's Recommendations of Books that Utilize Landscape as a Character:

'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -

'Close Range: Wyoming Stories,' Annie Proulx -

'The Country of Pointed Firs,' Sarah Orne Jewett -

'Rock Crystal,' Adalbert Stifter -

'Omeros,' Derek Walcott -

Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast:

TBD!