Episode · The Book Review · 2022-03-25
Books mentioned on A Personal Tour of Modern Irish History
John Williams recommended Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor, and discussed The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka. Alexandra Alter discussed The power of the dog by Thomas Savage, Dune by Frank Herbert, and Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham. Dave Kim recommended Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets and others. Greg Cowles discussed 2666 by Roberto Bolaño.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Swimmers
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka is a poignant novel that centers on an eclectic community of regular swimmers who frequent a subterranean municipal pool, before shifting into a deeply moving and powerful narrative about a specific mother and daughter.
Discussed“Julie otsuka will tell us about her new novel the swimmers which starts with a large group at a pool and then turns into the powerful story of a particular mother and daughter”
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The power of the dog
Discussed“the power of the dog a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage which was directed by Jane Campion and is this anti-western Western about two brothers who live on a ranch in Montana”
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction epic set on the desert planet Arrakis, chronicling the rise of a young messiah named Paul Atreides amidst intergalactic political betrayal and the extraction of a valuable resource known as spice.
Discussed“a very beloved classic Sci-fi novel that's already been made into a movie and it's being made again and then you can say it you can say it Dune”
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Nightmare Alley
Discussed“Nightmare alley guo Del Toro directed it and it's based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay gram it was adapted into a movie shortly after it was published”
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Lucky Breaks
Lucky Breaks is a short story collection by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated by Eugene Ostashevsky, that portrays the lives of women in the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine.
Recommended“I am reading a short story collection from Ukraine actually called lucky Breaks by yenia beruset”
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2666
2666 is a massive, complex novel by Roberto Bolaño that explores a wide range of themes, most famously centering on the unsolved femicides in a fictional Mexican border city.
Discussed“the reason casting about is that I've finally finished a book I talked about I I think a couple months ago on the podcast which is the massive the 900 page 2666 by Roberto Balano”
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
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Recommended“I just finished recently a short novel called Mrs palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor and we ran a wonderful review of this book by Jeff Dyer in the book review”
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