Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The End of the ‘Struggle’
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 monumental six-volume autofictional masterwork that meticulously details the ordinary details, emotional triumphs, and domestic struggles of the author's everyday life.
Discussed“in this week's book review he reviewed the sixth volume of Carl Oak canow guard's my struggle while reading as well the previous five volume so Daniel thank you for doing that”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler is a notorious autobiographical manifesto detailing the political ideology and future plans of the Nazi dictator.
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”
Where to get it
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These Truths
These Truths by Jill Lepore is a sweeping, critically acclaimed one-volume history of the United States that examines the nation's political, technological, and moral development.
Discussed“joining us now Jilla por with her new book these truths History of the United States jel thanks so much for being here”
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is a highly influential historical critique that retells the American story from the perspective of marginalized groups, labor movements, and ordinary citizens rather than traditional political and economic elites.
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”
“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”
“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”