Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2021-06-01
Books mentioned on #516: Suleika Jaouad on Invaluable Road Trips, the Importance of a To-Feel List, and Finding Artistic Homes
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov is an autobiographical memoir that explores the author's early life as a Russian aristocrat prior to the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“and in the course of that reading i remember reading in particular speak memory by vladimir nabokov and trying to write in his style and of course doing it probably very poorly with lots of purple prose”
Where to get it
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental historical novel that intertwines grand military strategy with intimate domestic struggles across Russian society during the Napoleonic era.
Discussed“and i remember packing a suitcase full of books i packed war and peace thinking to myself this is one of those books that i've never read and this is finally you know the time to actually read it and to catch up on doing some of these things that i haven't had the time to do”
Where to get it
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is an acclaimed young adult novel that follows two teenagers coping with terminal cancer diagnoses who fall in love while navigating the painful realities of mortality.
Discussed“i'm going to mispronounce this is it audrey lords the cancer journals john green's the fault in our stars which probably be more familiar to people and then i read that your true quote unquote sick girl bible was lucy greeley's autobiography of a face”
Where to get it
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Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy is a poignant memoir recounting the author's battle with Ewing sarcoma during childhood, the subsequent extensive facial reconstructive surgeries she endured, and her painful journey toward self-acceptance amidst relentless scrutiny of her physical appearance.
Discussed“i'm going to mispronounce this is it audrey lords the cancer journals john green's the fault in our stars which probably be more familiar to people and then i read that your true quote unquote sick girl bible was lucy greeley's autobiography of a face”
Where to get it
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Illness as Metaphor
Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag is a critical essay collection that examines how cultural myths and moral stigmas attached to diseases like cancer and tuberculosis exacerbate the suffering of patients.
Discussed“the title between two kingdoms comes from an observation in is it susan sontag's illness as metaphor quote everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“she is the author of the new york times best-selling memoir between two kingdoms”