Bonus Episode: Fate and Destiny with Katy Hays, author of ‘The Cloisters’
We were beyond excited to get to record our first ever podcast episode with a guest, and who better than the wonderful Katy Hays, author of ‘The Cloisters’.
‘The Cloisters’ was a stand-out read from Season 5 and you can listen to the full episode here:
‘The Cloisters’ is a novel of fate, destiny, and making your own path during a scorching hot summer at The Met in New York City and the comparison to ‘The Secret History’ are plentiful with the focus on the pursuit of power and obsession, but it stands proudly as it’s own entity as it introduces art history, tarot and the Renaissance.
In this episode we discuss:
The ideas of fate and destiny
Tarot, unfortunate beginnings, and preordained privilege in 'The Cloisters'
The inevitability of Dark Academia narratives
You can listen to it here:
TEXTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
‘The Cloisters’ by Katy Hays
‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt
‘Vladmir’ by Julia May Jonas
‘Prep’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
If you fancy taking getting your hands on ‘The Cloisters’ we’d love it if you considered using our bookshop.org link below to purchase your copy of the book which helps us fund ‘The Dark Academicals’ and gives back to independent bookshops at no extra cost to you.
You can also sign up to The Dark Academicals Book Club mailer for exclusive book club content, extra episodes and a mailer-exclusive quick-fire Q&A with Katy!
