Episode · The Book Review · 2022-03-11
Books mentioned on How People First Arrived in the Americas
Pamela Paul recommended The destiny of the republic by Candice Millard, The True American by Anand Giridharadas, and The examined life by Stephen Grosz, and discussed Origin by Jennifer Raff and Empire of the Scalpel by Ira Rutkow. Alexandra Alter discussed The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy. Elisabeth Egan recommended The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon. John Williams recommended A word child by Iris Murdoch, and discussed Living on Paper by Iris Murdoch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Origin
Discussed“she is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas and her new book is called origin a genetic history of the Americas”
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Empire of the Scalpel
Discussed“he is the author of numerous books including the history of surgery in the United States 1775 to 1900 seeking The Cure James A Garfield and bleeding blue and gray his latest book is Empire of the scalpel the history of surgery”
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The destiny of the republic
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard is a riveting narrative history detailing the unexpected presidency, tragic assassination, and subsequent medical mismanagement of James A.
Recommended“so for those who have not read that book or for example Candace mallard's Destiny of the Republic which is a great narrative history of Garfield's assassination”
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel that follows a father and his young son as they walk across a burned America, striving to survive while holding onto their morality.
Discussed“it's been 16 years since he published the road which became a huge bestseller one of pullit ser and devastated me and millions of others readers”
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The Passenger
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy is an intricate, companion-style novel following a salvage diver in New Orleans who navigates grief, mathematics, and shadowy government conspiracies alongside his late sister.
Discussed“it's called the passenger so you know when they announced that he had a novel coming out I think people who had been following closely knew that he had this book called the passenger the big surprise was that it's not one but two novels that he's written and they are interconnected”
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Stella Maris
Stella Maris is a philosophical companion novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes the narrative arc initiated by its predecessor, featuring deep intellectual dialogues in a psychiatric facility.
Discussed“so this fall one month apart Koff is going to release his books the passenger and a second companion novel Stella Maris”
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The Days of Afrekete
The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon is a poignant and structurally innovative novel that reimagines Virginia Woolf's Mrs.
Recommended“it's called the days of afri and it's by assali Solomon who teaches writing at haford”
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A word child
A Word Child is a psychologically complex and morally intricate novel by Iris Murdoch that examines guilt, redemption, and the burdens of the past through the life of a troubled civil servant.
Recommended“I think this is my fifth novel by her now called a word child and it was published in 1975 a couple of years after the black prince”
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Living on Paper
Discussed“it's called living on paper letters from Iris Murdoch 1934 to 1995 and I'm really going back and also reading like contemporaneous reviews of her work”
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The True American
The True American by Anand Giridharadas is a compelling nonfiction work that investigates the aftermath of a hate crime in Texas following the events of September 11, examining themes of violence, mercy, redemption, and the American dream.
Recommended“so the first one is the true American murder and mercy in Texas by Anand jardes”
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The examined life
The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz is a compelling collection of psychoanalytic case studies written by an American-born psychotherapist practicing in London, exploring how people lose and find themselves through therapy.
Recommended“it's called The examined life how we lose and find ourselves by Steven Gro”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the author of numerous books including the history of surgery in the United States 1775 to 1900 seeking The Cure James A Garfield and bleeding blue and gray”
“he is the author of numerous books including the history of surgery in the United States 1775 to 1900 seeking The Cure James A Garfield and bleeding blue and gray”
“he is the author of numerous books including the history of surgery in the United States 1775 to 1900 seeking The Cure James A Garfield and bleeding blue and gray”
“now almost I think literally maybe I had read The Accidental Tourist and then I saw that John malovich narrated it”
“I talked a couple of weeks ago on the podcast about the black prince and so I've continued my education in her reading”
“the subtitle has the word mercy in it and so it reminds me of just Mercy which I've talked about also on the podcast”