Episode · The Book Review · 2015-05-08
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A God in Ruins’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson. Tom Perrotta discussed My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård and others, Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner and others, and Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill. Ruth Franklin discussed Life among the savages by Shirley Jackson and others, Raising demons by Shirley Jackson, The witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson, and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Greg Cowles discussed An ember in the ashes by Sabaa Tahir.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Life After Life
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson is a celebrated novel that follows protagonist Ursula Todd as she repeatedly dies and is reborn across different eras of the twentieth century, most notably the Second World War.
Discussed“how does Life After Life Kate Atkinson's 2013 critical hit figure into her new novel”
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A god in ruins
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson is a companion novel and sequel to Life After Life, following the life of Teddy Todd during and after the London World War II Blitz era.
Discussed“our reviewer Tom parado will join us to talk about a God in Ruins”
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My Struggle
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård, translated by Don Bartlett, is a massive, multi-volume autobiographical novel that chronicles the intimate and mundane details of the author's daily life.
Discussed“I'm thinking of books like Carl oen asgard's uh my struggle I'm thinking of Jenny alul Department of speculation Ben learner leaving the Atocha station books with a single narrator”
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Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that follows an American poetry fellow in Madrid as he navigates art, language, alienation, and the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Discussed“I'm thinking of books like Carl oen asgard's uh my struggle I'm thinking of Jenny alul Department of speculation Ben learner leaving the Atocha station books with a single narrator”
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Dept. of Speculation
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Discussed“I'm thinking of books like Carl oen asgard's uh my struggle I'm thinking of Jenny alul Department of speculation Ben learner leaving the Atocha station books with a single narrator”
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Life among the savages
Discussed“so the first book is um life among the Savages which came out in 1953”
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The witchcraft of Salem Village
Discussed“it's written in the style of the 17th century witchcraft Chronicles uh which she collected and read and then wrote about in a children's book called the Witchcraft of Salem Village”
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The Lottery
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a chilling short story that depicts a small town participating in a violent annual ritual, exposing the dark consequences of blind conformity and tradition.
Discussed“amazingly just less than a month after the lottery was published”
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An ember in the ashes
Discussed“it's a fantasy novel called an ember in the ashes um about a girl at War um who becomes a spy and it also simultaneously tells this”
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