Episode · The Book Review · 2024-09-27
Books mentioned on Book Club: 'The Hypocrite,' by Jo Hamya
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Life of the Mind
Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood is a contemporary novel that follows a modern academic navigating precarious employment, personal life, and bodily anxieties.
Discussed“and it also reminded me of the ending of the life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood which also involves some trash”
Where to get it
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Asymmetry
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday is a structurally innovative and critically acclaimed novel exploring power dynamics, ambition, and global politics through two seemingly distinct narratives that ultimately interconnect.
Recommended“hypothetically speaking I also really like Lisa halliday's novel asymmetry which I think is a fictionalized account”
Where to get it
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Liars
Liars is a darkly witty and psychologically astute novel by Sarah Manguso that explores the complex dynamics of marriage, female ambition, and domestic resentment from the perspective of a writer married to a visual artist.
Recommended“but I guess just in recent reading and viewing there's Dany senna's colored television as well as Sarah Mango's Liars which are both told from the perspectives of female writers who are married to artists”
Where to get it
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Daughter
Daughter by Claudia Dey is a contemporary novel exploring complex family dynamics, particularly the intense psychological terrain shared between a novelist father and his playwright daughter.
Recommended“the book that came to mind for me is Daughter by Claudia day”
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Intermezzo
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney is a contemporary novel examining grief, complex sibling relationships, and romantic entanglements following the death of a father.
Book club“and now is the time next month in October we're reading you guessed it intereso by Sally Rooney”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“you've also written some exciting things for the book review including recently a review of scaffolding by Lauren elen”
“and so I feel like it was just almost like going I just read creation lake so caves are in my mind it's almost like going into a cave and seeing this cavernous room”