Episode #2: The Volcano Lover, by Susan Sontag

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Susan Sontag's 1992 novel THE VOLCANO LOVER and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss WOMAN RUNNING IN THE MOUNTAINS by Yūko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt.  Books mentioned: The Volcano Lover: A Romance by Susan Sontag AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag Against Interpretation: And Other Essays by Susan Sontag Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag Susan Sontag by Benjamin Moser Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann von Goethe The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle A New Name by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin, translated by Sophie R. Lewis A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure by Menachem Kaiser Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt Visit us online at onebrightbook.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: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.