831 Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (with Rachel Pastan) | My Last Book with David Denby
The History of Literature

831 Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (with Rachel Pastan) | My Last Book with David Denby

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202658 min

When times are tough, can literature help? After sharing an email from a listener, Jacke talks to author Rachel Pastan about her novel We're So Lucky to Live Here, in which a woman copes with a tragic loss by staging a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in her childhood home. PLUS David Denby (Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Jacke Wilson, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠press.historyofliterature.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. SPE...

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The History of Literature podcast is a member of the Podglamorate network and LitHub Radio. I'm Alan Sisto, the man of the west here at the Prancing Pony podcast. And I'm Sean Marchese, the real life Lord of the Mark. Every week here at the Prancing Pony podcast, along with Sean or other co-hosts, I explore

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the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, bringing along lots of pop culture references, plenty of nerd humor, and the occasional bad pun. It's just a couple of friends hanging out at the pub talking about our favorite books.

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We cover just a few pages every episode, reading important sections of the books and having a chat about what we've read. Now we do a ton of research for each episode so that we can bring as much background information to our conversation as possible.

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