Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-11-25
Books mentioned on Russ Roberts on Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate
In this crossover episode with EconTalk, Tyler joins Russ Roberts for an in-depth exploration of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate, a monumental novel often described as the 20th-century answer to Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Russ Roberts discussed Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The First Circle by Александр Солженицын, and The road by Василий Семёнович Гроссман. Tyler Cowen recommended Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov, and discussed War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and The Charterhouse of Parma by John). STENDHAL (Marie-Henri Beyle) (BERRYMAN.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Life and Fate
Discussed“our topic for today is vasil Grossman's Masterpiece life and fate”
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War and Peace
Discussed“the one that comes closest to it is in fact his model that's TL's work in peace”
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The Brothers Karamazov
Discussed“it's not a traditional novel akin to war in peace or akin to other Russian novels such as the brothers katof were in the first Circle which we talked about here on the program uh previously”
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The First Circle
Discussed“it's not a traditional novel akin to war in peace or akin to other Russian novels such as the brothers katof were in the first Circle which we talked about here on the program uh previously”
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The Charterhouse of Parma
Discussed“stendal is also mentioned several times a Charter House of parman which is a book about war and individual fate”
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Sakhalin Island
Recommended“and then he cites Cav's book about prison camp saken Island which is also a fantastic story”
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The road
Discussed“the road has short stories of Grossman it has his remarkable uh essay on trinka”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Master and Margarita
“my wife Natasha a Jew from the Soviet Union this and Master and Margarita are her two favorite novels”