I love this idea of playlists for books! I have read Wide Sargasso Sea and loved it!! I read it in undergrad as part of a class called Twice-Told Tales that focused on reading book pairs that were different perspectives/timelines of the same story (another pair was Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours). It was one of my most memorable classes!
Oh my gosh, that sounds like such a cool class! I would've loved to have taken something like that in college! My favorite kind of books are ones that switch between different characters' perspectives in each chapter, so I can only imagine I would love seeing entire books from a secondary character's perspective like that.
Yes, you're exactly right! (I can't believe I forgot to talk about this because I actually researched this a year or so ago!)
Rainbow Rowell actually discussed this in an interview with Vanity Fairy in 2019. The title for Fangirl (the book that Simon first appears in) started with the phrase, "Keep calm and carry on." The titles for the Simon Snow trilogy itself then referred to "Carry On My Wayward Son" (for Wayward Son) and "Bohemian Rhapsody" (for Carry On and Any Way the Wind Blows).
I love this idea of playlists for books! I have read Wide Sargasso Sea and loved it!! I read it in undergrad as part of a class called Twice-Told Tales that focused on reading book pairs that were different perspectives/timelines of the same story (another pair was Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours). It was one of my most memorable classes!
Oh my gosh, that sounds like such a cool class! I would've loved to have taken something like that in college! My favorite kind of books are ones that switch between different characters' perspectives in each chapter, so I can only imagine I would love seeing entire books from a secondary character's perspective like that.
It was really cool! It makes me wish I had saved the syllabus so I could go back and revisit some of the pairings.
Yes, you're exactly right! (I can't believe I forgot to talk about this because I actually researched this a year or so ago!)
Rainbow Rowell actually discussed this in an interview with Vanity Fairy in 2019. The title for Fangirl (the book that Simon first appears in) started with the phrase, "Keep calm and carry on." The titles for the Simon Snow trilogy itself then referred to "Carry On My Wayward Son" (for Wayward Son) and "Bohemian Rhapsody" (for Carry On and Any Way the Wind Blows).
Here's the interview link: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2019/10/rainbow-rowell-any-way-the-wind-blows-simon-snow-third-book-trilogy-release-date
It's a great read! :)