Episode · The Book Review · 2022-06-17
Books mentioned on Jackie, Before Marrying Jack
Elisabeth Egan recommended Meant to Be by Emily Giffin. Matthew Schneer recommended A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym, discussed Excellent Women by Barbara Pym and Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym, and criticized The sweet dove died by Barbara Pym. Alexandra Alter discussed Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice by Werner Herzog and Twilight World by Werner Herzog. John Williams discussed Every Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner Herzog.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meant to Be
Meant to Be by Emily Giffin is a contemporary romance novel that reimagines the famous lives and romance of John F.
Recommended“it's called meant to be and it's by Emily gfin it came out on May 31st and it re-imagines the story of JFK Jr and Carolyn bassette Kennedy who was his wife”
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Excellent Women
Discussed“these women who are well brought up and very proper a little bit Pious but can also be a little dowy a little dreary a little bit easier to overlook I mean I think one thing that's great about Pim is that she Yanks the spot away from these more explosive”
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Some Tame Gazelle
Discussed“and in the novel that eventually was published as some tame gazelle which was her first published novel but she was working on all the way back to the Oxford days”
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A Glass of Blessings
A Glass of Blessings is a novel by Barbara Pym that captures the subtle social nuances, quiet domestic moments, and gentle ironies of middle-class English life.
Recommended“my favorite among them after excellent women is one called a glass of blessings it's a little bit later on it features unusually a central protagonist who's married”
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The sweet dove died
Critiqued“Paula burn makes special notice of a a late Pim novel called The Sweet Dove died and contends that it's her best novel and I actually would have loved to hear a little bit more about why because I vehemently disagree”
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Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice
Discussed“one of his more well-known books of walking in ice describes this journey he made on foot from Munich to Paris it was 600 miles in the dead of winter”
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Twilight World
Werner Herzog's debut novel tells the true story of a Japanese soldier who continued holding out on a Philippine island decades after the Second World War ended.
Discussed“and so this story that he tells in his first novel The Twilight world is one that he has been ruminating on for more than 25 years and thought about making a film”
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Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Every Man for Himself and God Against All is an autobiographical memoir by the acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog, offering a stark and deeply reflective look into his extraordinary life, unconventional career, and singular artistic philosophy.
Discussed“and it has a fantastic title which comes from one of his films it's every man for himself and God against all so okay given that title in the quote you read”
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