Mexican Gothic

Lisa and her guest Leslie Hopping have a spooky discussion about Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Leslie will be the co-host of a bookish podcast named Book Bumble that will launch soon.  There are spoilers of the book. Links to articles:The Guardian describes it as, “Lovecraft meets the Brontes in Latin America," and Vox calls it a deliciously creepy novel.  The Chicago Review of Books says character Noemi Taboada is not the “naïve damsel figure." The New York Public Library lists the history of the gothic genre and Book Riot offers gothic definitions. Moreno-Garcia has posted her eugenics thesis. In a CBS This Morning podcast Moreno-Garcia explains why she wrote a Gothic set in Mexico.  The History Channel explains eugenics and in an NPR piece, with Moreno-Garcia it is stated the evil of the book is colonialism. Books mentioned in the podcast: Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteThe Complete Fiction of H.P. LovecraftWuthering Heights by Emily BronteRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGods of Jade and Shadow by Moreno-GarciaVelvet Was the Night by Moreno-Garcia At the end of each show, Lisa or her guest discuss books they’ve enjoyed in, “Everyone Hated It But Me.” Everyone Hated It But Me Books: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Children of Jacosta by Natalie Haynes Circe by Madeline Miller A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker Ariadne by Jennifer Saint   The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Vitoria Christopher Murray For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and her website. *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links and the podcast receives a small commission.

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