Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on A New Novel Conjures Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Anxiety, the missing stage of grief
Discussed“okay a little bit more targeted in terms of what it's covering anxiety the missing stage of grief a revolutionary approach to understanding and healing the impact of loss”
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed by C.S.
Discussed“the CS Lewis wrote in a grief observed that no one ever told me that grief felt so like fear”
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A Drinkable Feast
Discussed“we also have a drinkable Feast a cocktail companion to 1920s Paris by Philip green”
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The testing of Luther Albright
Discussed“so her first novel was published by Harper the testing of Luther Albright and it came out in 2005”
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Conversations With Friends
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney is a critically acclaimed contemporary debut novel exploring the intricate relationships among a group of young adults in Ireland.
Recommended“I actually just finished the book conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney which I didn't read when it came out I think two years ago”
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Enigma variations
Enigma Variations is a contemporary novel by André Aciman that explores complex themes of desire, memory, and lifelong emotional attachments across multiple stages of a protagonist's life.
Recommended“so I'm actually going back to a book I read last year for the first time and loved and its Enigma Variations which is the newest novel by Andre aiman who's the author of call me by your name”
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is a captivating memoir by William Finnegan that chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, travel, and journalism across the globe.
Recommended“I am reading Barbarian days a surfing Life by William finegan”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Better Living Through Criticism
“I feel like this is a good moment to mention that Tony is also the author of a book called Better Living Through criticism how to think about art pleasure Beauty and truth”
“the titles are anxiety the missing stage of grief by CLA Bidwell Smith”
Passing Notes on a Nervous Planet
“notes on a nervous Planet by Matt ha”
Passing How not to fall apart
“how not to fall apart Lessons Learned on the road from self harm to selfcare by Maggie van Ike”
Passing A Drinkable Feast
“a drinkable Feast a cocktail companion to 1920s Paris by Philip green”
Passing Reasons to stay alive
“so this is a kind of interesting followup to a very Grim but well-reviewed and and best-selling Memoir that he wrote called reasons to stay alive”
Passing Traps
“she then published a second novel with Koff and that one was called traps and that was also well reviewed”
Passing Call Me by Your Name
“who's the author of call me by your name this one has a lot of the same themes as call me by your name”
Passing Say Her Name
“and and I think of Francisco Goldman you know say her name and people just suddenly being you know torn body surfing”