Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Suspended sentences by Patrick Modiano, How To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman, and And the Show Went On by Alan Riding. Alan Riding discussed Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano. Alexandra Alter discussed All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. John Williams discussed The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Suspended sentences
Discussed“Alan ring will join us to talk about modiano and his new collection of Nolla suspended sentences”
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How To Be A Victorian
Discussed“Judith Newman will be here to talk about her review of Ruth Goodman's how to be Victorian a dawn to dusk guide to Victorian life”
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Dora Bruder
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano is a haunting biographical novel that traces the author's real-life obsessive quest to uncover the wartime fate of a young Jewish girl who disappeared in Nazi-occupied Paris.
Discussed“one of his books books one of the few that have been translated into English is called Dora brooka”
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And the Show Went On
Discussed“also the author of the book and the show went on cultural life in Nazi occupied Paris”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a celebrated historical novel set during World War II that follows the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France.
Discussed“and that is all the light we cannot see by Anthony D which was on our top 10 which was on our top 10”
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The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is a sprawling novel that follows a young boy whose life is upended by a museum bombing, eventually drawing him into the underworld of art forgery and antique trade.
Discussed“which Alexander also spoke about The Goldfinch by Donna tart and that's hanging on at number 11 after 56 weeks on the list”
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