Book · 2023 · nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2023-10-01
Doppelganger
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Um, I wanted to start with Naomi Klein's doppelganger, which I think is about the best book about the psychic distortions of our experience living especially online in the first year or two of the pandemic, having so much of our external world um, withdrawn and the sort of, you know, crash course in um, libertarianism, lack of society, living.
David Wallace-Wells · The Ezra Klein Show · Aug 2025 Listen at 1:24:56 The best things said about it
I definitely recommend it as well as doppelganger.
We're also going to talk about a recent profile that Jen wrote for the New York Times magazine about the activist and author Naomi kleene whose new book is titled doppelganger a trip into the mirror world.
Why people recommend it
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein is a piercing work of nonfiction that explores the psychic distortions, political fragmentation, and public confusion of modern life, particularly examining the isolation and paranoia amplified online during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. On The Ezra Klein Show, David Wallace-Wells praised the book as one of the very best texts capturing the psychological toll of withdrawing from the physical world into digital echo chambers. Jennifer Szalai also recommended the volume enthusiastically on The Book Review, pairing it with other significant contemporary reads for listeners seeking deep cultural critique. Gilbert Cruz introduced the book on the same podcast, framing it as the author's ninth major work and noting the fascinating literary conceit that drives its investigation into the mirror worlds of contemporary political discourse. In a subsequent discussion on The Book Review, Jennifer Szalai elaborated on the structure of the text, explaining how it begins as a personal memoir examining the author's own bewildering experiences during the global health crisis before expanding into a broader examination of societal division, conspiracy theories, and the blurring lines of identity in a hyper-connected age. Through these podcast discussions, critics and commentators emphasized the book's vital relevance in diagnosing the deep-seated anxieties and ideological polarization defining contemporary public life.
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Jennifer Szalai I definitely recommend it as well as doppelganger 2
“so her book was called doppelganger and it starts off sort of As A Memoir of our own experience during the pandemic”
“I definitely recommend it as well as doppelganger”
David Wallace-Wells Um, I wanted to start with Naomi Klein's doppelganger, which I think is about the best book about the psych… 1
“Um, I wanted to start with Naomi Klein's doppelganger, which I think is about the best book about the psychic distortions of our experience living especially online in the first year or two of the pandemic, having so much of our external world um, withdrawn and the sort of, you know, crash course in um, libertarianism, lack of society, living”
Gilbert Cruz we're also going to talk about a recent profile that Jen wrote for the New York Times magazine about the ac… 2
“we're also going to talk about a recent profile that Jen wrote for the New York Times magazine about the activist and author Naomi kleene whose new book is titled doppelganger a trip into the mirror world”
“it is on the occasion of her ninth book which is titled doppelganger and it's a wild conceit”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Naomi Klein is a journalist, activist, and author of a lot of consequential books, including No Logo, Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger.”
“Tik Tok Tik Tok Doppelganger from Naomi by Naomi Klein”