Episode · The Book Review · 2024-08-05
George Saunders on The Book Review: books mentioned (Aug 2024)
21st Century Books Special Edition: George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo'
Gilbert Cruz discussed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. George Saunders discussed The collected tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, The Overcoat by Николай Васильевич Гоголь, The Nose by Николай Васильевич Гоголь, The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich by Nikolai Gogol and others, and Nevsky Prospect by Николай Васильевич Гоголь and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Discussed“I hope that listeners have had the opportunity to experience that book which was one of the times as notable books of 2017 it won the booker prize”
Where to get it
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“I spoke to Coulson Whitehead as part of this podcast series about his book The Underground ril Road and he said something to the effect when talking about the steps that led to that book”
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The collected tales of Nikolai Gogol
Discussed“I'd love for you to tell us about the book that you've read the most over the course of your life I it's this one it's the collected Tales of Nikolai Gogle”
Where to get it
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The Overcoat
Discussed“it's the classics the the nose and the overcoat and then a couple of side stories that I like to teach called the story of how the two Ivans quarreled”
Where to get it
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The Nose
Discussed“it's the classics the the nose and the overcoat and then a couple of side stories that I like to teach called the story of how the two Ivans quarreled”
Where to get it
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The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
Discussed“and then a couple of side stories that I like to teach called the story of how the two Ivans quarreled and another one a flawed Masterpiece called nevy Prospect”
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Nevsky Prospect
Discussed“and another one a flawed Masterpiece called nevy Prospect so I've taught these stories and I especially the overcoat and the nose”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“three of those titles three were voted as some of the best books of this Century pastoralia 10th of December and Lincoln and the BAU”
“three of those titles three were voted as some of the best books of this Century pastoralia 10th of December and Lincoln and the BAU”
“I'm here with George Saunders author of Lincoln in the BAU 10th of December and pastoralia three of the books on the book reviews recent list of the 100 best books of the 21st century”
“I'm here with George Saunders author of Lincoln in the BAU 10th of December and pastoralia three of the books on the book reviews recent list of the 100 best books of the 21st century”
“I'm here with George Saunders author of Lincoln in the BAU 10th of December and pastoralia three of the books on the book reviews recent list of the 100 best books of the 21st century”