Book · 2023 · nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2023-10-01
Doppelganger
Why people recommend it
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein is a sharp, timely work of nonfiction that uses the author's personal confusion with conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf to examine the psychic distortions and political fragmentation of the pandemic era. The book was highlighted on The Book Review on an episode titled Elon Musk's Biography and Profiling Naomi Klein, where Gilbert Cruz introduced it as the author's ninth book built upon a wildly imaginative conceit. During the same conversation, Jennifer Szalai praised the text for beginning as a memoir of pandemic experiences before expanding into a broader cultural critique, strongly recommending it to the audience. Later, David Wallace-Wells championed the book on The Ezra Klein Show during an episode titled MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question, selecting it as one of his top reading recommendations. He commended Klein's work as arguably the finest book written about the psychological toll and strange online realities of living through the first years of the pandemic. Through these discussions, the podcast hosts and guests emphasized the book's profound insight into modern societal anxieties and public confusion.
Who recommended it
- David Wallace-Wells Recommended
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Jennifer Szalai Recommended
- Jen Szalai Discussed
David Wallace-Wells — 1 mention
“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experience living especially online in the first year or two of the pandemic, having so much of our external world um, withdrawn and the sort of, you know, crash course in um, libertarianism, lack of society, living”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 — 1 mention
“it is on the occasion of her ninth book which is titled doppelganger and it's a wild conceit”
Jennifer Szalai — 1 mention
“I definitely recommend it as well as doppelganger”
Jen Szalai — 1 mention
“so her book was called doppelganger and it starts off sort of As A Memoir of our own experience during the pandemic”