Episode · The Book Review · 2018-09-28
Books mentioned on The End of the ‘Struggle’
Gilbert Cruz discussed My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård and others and These Truths by Jill Lepore. Daniel Mendelssohn discussed Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Jill Lepore discussed A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Dwight Garner discussed Crudo by Olivia Laing. Parul Sehgal recommended Your duck is my duck by Deborah Eisenberg. Jennifer Szalai discussed Ninth Street women by Mary Gabriel.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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My Struggle
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård, translated by Don Bartlett, is a massive, multi-volume autobiographical novel that chronicles the intimate and mundane details of the author's daily life.
Discussed“what is Carl ovak Canard trying to do in his six volume novel my struggle Daniel Mendelson joins us to help make sense of it all”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is Adolf Hitler's notorious autobiographical manifesto detailing his political ideology and antisemitic worldview.
Discussed“my struggle is the translation of a very famous book by Adolf Hitler mine com and so almost from the beginning you know you sort of sat around thinking how you know why has he called this my struggle”
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These Truths
These Truths by Jill Lepore is a sweeping, critically acclaimed one-volume history of the United States that offers a moving and beautifully written examination of the nation's past.
Discussed“joining us now Jilla por with her new book these truths History of the United States jel thanks so much for being here”
Where to get it
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A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn is a controversial and influential historical work that retells American history from the perspective of marginalized groups, laborers, and social movements.
Discussed“the one that I think people know about there have been many but the one that reached a wide audience and I think still does as Howards 's people's History of the United States which is a very very particular point of view”
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Crudo
Discussed“Olivia Lang the great English writer I mean she's written three books of non-fiction and now she's out with her first novel called Crudo and you know we've all I think had Crudo in restaurants”
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Your duck is my duck
Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg is a sharp and incisive collection of short stories that interrogates contemporary anxieties, political disillusionment, and shifting social landscapes.
Recommended“I had a very good week I reviewed the new Deborah Eisenberg it's a book called your duck is my duck”
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Ninth Street women
Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel is a sweeping and acclaimed biography that details the lives and artistic triumphs of five pivotal abstract expressionist painters, including Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning.
Discussed“the the book I reviewed this week is by Mary Gabriel and it's called nin Street women”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Jilla por will be here to talk about her new book these truths plus our critic St Garner parl seagull and Jen salai will join us”
“he is the author of among other books most recently an odyssey a father a son and an epic and he took on the very epic task”
“We know Kathy AER was sort of the downtown Punk writer and performance artist the author of blood and guts in high school and other books who died in 1997 far too young of of cancer”