Episode · The Book Review · 2021-06-04
Books mentioned on Reimagining the Aftermath of a Wartime Attack
Gilbert Cruz discussed How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason. Pamela Paul discussed Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford and Languages of Truth by Salman Rushdie. Francis Spufford discussed Golden Hill by Francis Spufford. Tina Jordan discussed The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe. Parul Sehgal discussed The talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar. Dwight Garner discussed The Dog of the South by Charles Portis, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How Iceland Changed the World
How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason is a comprehensive history exploring the vast global impact of the small island nation.
Discussed“Eagle be arson will join us to talk about his new book how Iceland changed the world Alexander alter will be here”
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Light Perpetual
Discussed“his latest novel is called light Perpetual Francis thanks for being here thanks for having”
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Golden Hill
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford is an acclaimed 18th-century picaresque mock-novel that follows a mysterious young man arriving in Manhattan with a staggering draft of money and a host of hidden intentions.
Discussed“I was still in the middle of writing my my last book Golden Hill which is a picaresque 18th century mock 18th century novel”
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a satirical novel chronicling ambition, greed, and urban decay in 1980s New York City.
Discussed“the first author on the list who talked about his summer was Tom Wolf and he said I've sworn to make electrifying progress on a book I'm writing entitled so far the bonfire of the vanities”
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The talented Miss Highsmith
Discussed“last week uh my friend the great biographer Joan shenar died and she wrote a beautiful biography of Patricia heith called The Talented Miss heith and one of the things that she did”
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The Dog of the South
The Dog of the South by Charles Portis is a darkly humorous comic novel following an eccentric protagonist on a sprawling, unpredictable road trip across America and Central America.
Discussed“what's your favorite Porter novel oh God probably dog of the South”
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Languages of Truth
Discussed“Dwight you read a collection of essays by Salman Rashi I did do I have to talk about it”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Discussed“as I say in my in my review you know it's a fat time for for books that are really deeply imaginative from Coulson whiteheads Underground Railroad to Lincoln and the BAU by George Saunders”
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“as I say in my in my review you know it's a fat time for for books that are really deeply imaginative from Coulson whiteheads Underground Railroad to Lincoln and the BAU by George Saunders”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Francis Buffer's new novel again is called light Perpetual joining us now to celebrate the 125th anniversary”
“well you know for a long time I was waiting for something new from Charles poris you know the author of True Grit among many other things”
“and I reviewed p languages of Truth by salon rushi”