Episode · The Book Review · 2021-05-21
Maggie O'Farrell on The Book Review: books mentioned
Maggie O’Farrell on ‘Hamnet’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Second Place by Rachel Cusk, and I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell. Maggie O'Farrell discussed Shakespeare's wife by Germaine Greer. Judith Schvitz recommended Outline by Rachel Cusk. Pamela Paul discussed A life's work by Rachel Cusk and Aftermath by Rachel Cusk. Dwight Garner discussed The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Jennifer Szalai discussed Dedicated by Pete Davis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hamnet
Hamnet is a deeply moving historical novel by Maggie O'Farrell that imagines the domestic life of William Shakespeare and the profound grief surrounding the death of his young son.
Discussed“Maggie oferrell joins us to talk about her most recent novel hamnet”
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Second Place
Discussed“Judith schvitz will be here to talk about second place and cusk's approach to fiction”
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Shakespeare's wife
Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer is a biographical study that investigates the life of Anne Hathaway and challenges conventional historical narratives surrounding her marriage to William Shakespeare.
Discussed“in her book Shakespeare's wife Jermaine Grier says that we've been asking the wrong question all along that we should have been asking why did she marry him”
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I Am, I Am, I Am
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell is a striking memoir structured around seventeen near-death experiences that have shaped the author's life and perspective on mortality.
Discussed“and I wonder having read your Memoir I am I am I am which is about 17 near-death experiences you've had”
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Outline
Outline by Rachel Cusk is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel known for its minimalist style and unique narrative structure where the protagonist reveals herself primarily through the stories told to her by others.
Recommended“she's a wonderful writer and I'm a huge fan of her outline Trilogy which are the most recent three books that she's written”
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A life's work
A Life's Work by Rachel Cusk is a candid and intellectually rigorous memoir that explores the complex, often unsettling realities, cultural expectations, and psychological transformations of becoming a mother.
Discussed“I think here the first is a life's work on becoming a mother which came out in 2001 at least I think here in the states”
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Aftermath
Aftermath by Rachel Cusk is a deeply reflective 2012 memoir that explores the complex emotional and social terrain of marriage, divorce, and family dissolution.
Discussed“and then the other book that was very controversial was aftermath on marriage and separation in which she writes quite openly about her divorce”
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The Yearling
The Yearling is a classic coming-of-age novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings about a young boy living in the Florida backwoods who adopts an orphaned fawn, only to face heartbreaking realities as he grows up.
Discussed“the book is called the life she wished to live and and the subtitle is a biography of marjerie Kenan Rawlings who of course wrote The Yearling”
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Cross Creek
Discussed“it's also the name of of her Memoir which was a big deal in it”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he's not the author of Hamlet at this point he's Le author of Hamet”
“this one story that's told in that novel which is the first in the outline Trilogy which is outline and then Transit and the final volume is called Kudos”
“this one story that's told in that novel which is the first in the outline Trilogy which is outline and then Transit and the final volume is called Kudos”
“and I think at the time that I talked about this previously on the podcast I compared it to Emanuel career's lives other than my own which seem to be pursuing a similar theme”