The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald has all the making of an idyllic dream coming to fruition. A lifelong dream of opening in a quaint English town is something everyone should like. But what happens when not everyone wants a bookshop? Seen as an outsider, Florence and her bookshop don’t quite fit into the puzzle of this small town and so she finds herself as an odd piece, out of place and suddenly in a fight for her dream against the reality of a world she doesn’t fully understand.
Painting: Today I painted a bookshop
Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:
- The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- The Trees by Percival Everett
- A Life in Letters by Vincent Van Gogh
- Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt
- The Assault by Harry Mulisch
- The Evenings by Gerard Reve
A Novel Review Book Podcast 