Episode · The Book Review · 2015-08-30
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Give Us the Ballot’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman. Simon Winchester discussed Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec. Parul Sehgal discussed A manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Give Us the Ballot
Ari Berman's "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America" examines the ongoing legislative and social battles surrounding democratic access from the civil rights era to the present day.
Discussed“Ari Burman will join us to talk about give us the ballot the modern struggle for voting rights in America”
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Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children is a celebrated novel by Salman Rushdie that explores the magical realist history of India from its independence and partition onward, touching upon regional themes such as Kashmir.
Discussed“as someone compared it to saying it's a Chinese version as it were of Midnight's Children as Vivid a description of China as Salon Rashi described India the coming to Independence”
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Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec is a monumental, intricately structured masterpiece of contemporary literature that maps out the lives of apartment building residents in Paris with breathtaking detail and inventiveness.
Discussed“yes well I mean my to be perfectly honest my favorite book is life of uses manual it's a book I have everywhere with me”
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A manual for cleaning women
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin is a celebrated short story collection that showcases the author's remarkable talent for capturing the grit, humor, and dignity of everyday working-class lives.
Discussed“at number 18 on the extended um hard cover bestseller list and fiction is a book called manual for cleaning women by Lucia Berlin”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the book again is give us the ballot the modern struggle for voting rights in America by Ari Burman reviewed this week in the book review by Jeffrey Rosen”
“he is the author of many books uh his latest one Pacific will be out in October”
“there's friction by Sandra Brown the murderer's daughter by John Jonathan Kellerman”
“the murderer's daughter by John Jonathan Kellerman”
“and the last bust to wisdom by Ivan do”