Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Charles Yu Talks About ‘Interior Chinatown’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu is a satirical and inventive novel that uses the format of a screenplay to explore race, media representation, and the immigrant experience in America.
Discussed“Charles Yu will be here to talk about his National book award winner interior Chinatown”
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How to live safely in a science fictional universe
Discussed“years ago after actually I published my second book how to live safely it at a reading I think it was in Boston”
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Third Class Superhero
Discussed“so the titles are third class superhero how to live safely in a science fictional universe”
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Sorry please thank you
Discussed“and sorry please thank you which is a collection of stories”
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The Last American Aristocrat
Discussed“it's called the last American Aristocrat the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams”
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The education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams is the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography of Henry Adams, chronicling his attempts to find meaning in a rapidly modernizing American society.
Discussed“and he complained in the education of Henry Adams that his education was a failed education because it did not equip him to be like that”
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Democracy
Democracy by Henry Adams is a novel exploring the political corruption and social maneuvering of Washington, D.C.
Recommended“you know his first novel democracy which came out in 1880 it's delicious and it still holds up it's a shot across the bow of of American democracy”
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Just Like You
Just Like You is a contemporary novel by Nick Hornby that explores modern relationships, cross-generational romance, and the social differences that challenge contemporary partnerships.
Recommended“I have been reading Just Like You by Nick Hornby”
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Present at the Creation
Present at the Creation is a historical memoir by Dean Acheson detailing his time shaping United States foreign policy during the pivotal eras of World War II and the Cold War.
Recommended“this is actually a very interesting companion book I would say to read alongside Dean aeson's Memoir present at the creation which kind of deals with a lot of this same period or part of that Memoir does”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the latest book by Charles U is in interior Chinatown which just won the national book award for fiction”
“the title again is the last American Aristocrat the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams by David Brown”
“so I ended up yeah I I ended up reading The Hunger Games in instead which is probably also like inappropriate”
“I'm reading Just Like You by Nick Hornby and I read the Watchtower by Elizabeth harrower and I read the last Million by David Nassau”