Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Drawing History
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Your Black friend and other strangers
Discussed“let's talk about Ben passmore's your black friend and other strangers which is very different in many ways”
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Your Black Friend
Discussed“I don't want to make you go through all of the stories but let's talk about the title story your black friend”
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Stoner
Stoner by John Williams is a quiet, powerful mid-century novel that traces the unassuming academic life and quiet tragedies of William Stoner, an impoverished farmer's son who discovers a profound, enduring passion for English literature at the University of Missouri.
Discussed“people often just send me something that says in the subject line like I loved Stoner by John Williams”
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A Suitable Boy
Discussed“so the person who wrote the first letter this week said that you know she liked a suitable Boy by vcom sath”
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Angle of repose
Angle of repose by Wallace Stegner is a sweeping historical fiction novel that follows a retired historian confined to a wheelchair who researches his grandparents' lives on the American frontier.
Discussed“angle of her POS by Wallace stegner the site Saga and Elena fante as well as of course war in peace”
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental literary masterpiece that chronicles Russian society, family life, and the dramatic historical events surrounding the Napoleonic Wars.
Discussed“angle of her POS by Wallace stegner the site Saga and Elena fante as well as of course war in peace”
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is a landmark masterpiece of magical realism that chronicles the multi-generational saga of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.
Recommended“and I think I also mentioned 100 Years of Solitude which is like you know a classic family Saga”
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Men and apparitions
Men and apparitions by Lynne Tillman is a novel exploring modern culture, photography, and psychological introspection through the perspective of an anthropologist.
Recommended“I'm reading um book by Lynn Tilman called men and Apparition which is really wonderful”
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Sabrina
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is a contemporary graphic novel that explores modern anxiety, surveillance, and the fallout of a tragedy.
Discussed“it's called Sabrina uh it's by Nick donoso and it's been called an extraordinary work”
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Washington Black
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan is a critically acclaimed historical novel that chronicles the extraordinary escape and global odyssey of an enslaved boy from a Barbados sugar plantation in the nineteenth century.
Recommended“a novel that I'm sort of Dipping into and really enjoying that's coming out this fall titled Washington Black by Essie Edan”
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Normal People
Normal People by Sally Rooney is a contemporary bestselling novel that traces the complex, evolving romantic and emotional relationship of two young Irish students transitioning from secondary school to university.
Discussed“there's Michael and Don's warl and Sally Rooney's normal people which I've heard incredible things about”
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The Woman in the dunes
Discussed“but I'm also now more than halfway through the woman in the dunes by Kobo AB which is was also turned into a movie”
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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is widely celebrated as the world's first novel, originating in Japan during the 11th century.
Discussed“has anybody recommended the tale of Genji to you which is widely considered the first Japanese novel it goes back to like the 11th century”
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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is an unconventional, kaleidoscopic biography that shatters traditional biographical norms to portray the rebellious and often tragic royal.
Discussed“well I I think like a lot of people who looked at parls review of Craig Brown's 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret I have picked up the book”
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Discussed“I I am rolling right along in Ulisses I am maintaining my steady clip of about 20 Pages a week”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is an ancient Greek epic poem that follows the arduous ten-year journey of Odysseus returning home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Discussed“um I'm now well within the Cyclops episode of um ulyses which I recognize because again I'm I'm reading Emily Wilson's Odyssey alongside ulyses”
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The English and their history
The English and their history by Robert Tombs is a comprehensive, sprawling historical survey that traces the evolution of English identity and national development across the centuries.
Discussed“the book I'm reading is Robert toms's the English and their history”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the three titles again are your black friend and other strangers by Ben Passmore”
“the three titles again are your black friend and other strangers by Ben Passmore”
“Hillary sh is one of our graphic content columnists here at the book review and is also the author of why comics”
“there was Rachel Kushner who was nominated for the Mars room and Richard Powers who was nominated for the over story”
“there was Rachel Kushner who was nominated for the Mars room and Richard Powers who was nominated for the over story”
“and from a low and quiet Sea by Donal Ryan”
“and from a low and quiet Sea by Donal Ryan”