Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on A.O. Scott Talks About William Maxwell
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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So long, see you tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell is a celebrated, poignant novella that explores a childhood memory, isolation, and a tragic murder in a small Midwestern town.
Discussed“in my case I want to reread it right now but so long see you tomorrow and they came like swallows are probably the two of his best known books you mentioned earlier that time will darken it is your favorite”
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The Folded Leaf
The Folded Leaf is a classic coming-of-age novel by American author William Maxwell that explores the complex, intense, and enduring friendship between two young men navigating the challenges of school and early adulthood in the mid-twentieth century.
Recommended“I think his third novel The folded Leaf is a really extraordinary book and was I think the second thing of his that I read”
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Time will darken it
Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell is a quiet, deeply observant novel set in a small Illinois town during the early twentieth century, chronicling the moral complexities and domestic strains faced by a principled lawyer.
Discussed“in my case I want to reread it right now but so long see you tomorrow and they came like swallows are probably the two of his best known books you mentioned earlier that time will darken it is your favorite”
Where to get it
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The Chateau
The Chateau is a novel by William Maxwell that follows a young American couple traveling through France in the postwar era, navigating cultural differences and personal expectations.
Recommended“he wrote a wonderful very funny novel called The Chateau about a trip to France and a a kind of classic variation on the Americans abroad theme”
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They Came Like Swallows
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell is an exquisite autobiographical novel that captures the profound ripple effects of the 1918 influenza epidemic on a Midwestern family through the shifting perspectives of its members.
Discussed“in my case I want to reread it right now but so long see you tomorrow and they came like swallows are probably the two of his best known books you mentioned earlier that time will darken it is your favorite”
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Here, Right Matters
Discussed“so he has a book out now called C right matters and that's selling very well”
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Playlist for the Apocalypse
Discussed“I reviewed Rita Do's new book of poems and it's called playlist for the apocalypse”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Al press will be here to talk about his new book Dirty Work”
“at least did you read the looming Tower”
“and I reviewed playlist the apocalypse poems by Rita Dove”