Turning the Tables: An Interview with John Julius Reel, author of 'My Half Orange'
Episode 42: A year after I interviewed Brandon K. Gauthier about his book 'Before Evil,' Brandon K. Gauthier interviews me about mine, 'My Half Orange.'
Books mentioned:
My Half Orange: A Story of Love and Language in Seville, by John Julius Reel, published in April 2023 by Tortoise Books
Before Evil: Young Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, and Kim, by Brandon K. Gauthier, published by Tortoise Books in spring 2022
The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, first published in 1387
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, first published in 1952
The Rosy Crucifixion, a trilogy of memoir/autobiographical fiction, including Sexus (1949), Plexus (1953), and Nexus (1959)
Poem mentioned:
“The Choir Invisible,” by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), first published in 1878
Other writers mentioned:
Bill Reel, columnist first for the New York Daily News and then for Newsday (also John Julius Reel’s father)
Leo Tolstoy
Evelyn Waugh
Video in which I interviewed Brandon K. Gauthier, about Before Evil: • Interview with Brandon...
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Wonderful I have been following your videos to learn Spanish and I consider you as my online Spanish teacher 😊.. I currently live in Madrid for my job and would be much happy if I could meet you.. Greetings and love from an Indian ❤
@book_rants
11 ай бұрын
Me alegro mucho... I am very glad... Espero que los videos en mi otra canal sigan ayudándote... I hope the videos on my other channel keep helping you. 👍
I love this level of conversation. I especially loved the conversation about the language. Words like gracia, arte, ganas, animo...I love it. The mystery and the miracle! Yes! C.S. Lewis talks about reading so that he can see with the eyes of others because his eyes are not enough.
@book_rants
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As you will see, my friend, there is a chapter title in the book called "Surprised by Joy." I stole it -- in good conscience -- from the great C.S. Lewis. 🙂 And, yes, the list of difficult- or impossible-to-translate words is quite long. Thanks for suggesting some more.
@AndalusianIrish
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@book_rants I can't wait to read the book! We MUST MUST MUST do exchange visits - you to Belfast and me to Seville. Lots of little nods to him in east Belfast now. I think you would love the earthy wit, sarcasm and gallows humour of Belfast and I would love to take in Seville with you. Lots of Van Morrison sights as well.
@book_rants
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@@AndalusianIrish I still have the book you sent me next to my computer. I plan to read it, and to do a vid about memoirists writing about their home towns. The moment will come. And, yes, of course! Exchange visits would be awesome.
@AndalusianIrish
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@book_rants I'm not worried about the Gerry Dawe/Van Morrison memoir. I know that you can't rush greatness. I know you well enough to know that you will read it when the time is right and when you have the time to digest it properly. Excited by the other two volumes of memoir you teased as well by the way.
@book_rants
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@@AndalusianIrish Thanks, my guiri brother. ;)