Episode · The Book Review · 2018-11-21
Books mentioned on The Epic Tragedy of Vietnam
Gilbert Cruz discussed Vietnam by Max Hastings and I am dynamite! by Sue Prideaux. Sue Prideaux discussed Miss Julie and Creditors by August Strindberg and others and Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche. Greg Cowles discussed Ulyses by James Joyce. Olia C. recommended The intuitionist by Colson Whitehead, and discussed Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Gal Beckerman recommended Faithful Place by Tana French, and discussed The Witch Elm by Tana French. Pamela Paul discussed Warlight by Michael Ondaatje and Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Vietnam
Discussed“historian Max Hastings will talk to us about his new book Vietnam”
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I am dynamite!
I am Dynamite! by Sue Prideaux is a biographical exploration of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his profound, complicated impact on intellectual history.
Discussed“suo will be here to discuss her new biography I am dynamite”
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Miss Julie and Creditors
Discussed“strinberg wrote his world famous play Miss Julie in response to n's idea of the Uber menion the will to power”
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Will to Power
Friedrich Nietzsche's controversial compilation The Will to Power explores themes of political control, societal collapse, and the human condition.
Discussed“the year after he died she put out a book called the will to power”
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The intuitionist
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead is a distinctive debut novel that blends municipal politics, architectural intrigue, and magical realism around the life of a pioneering elevator inspector.
Recommended“I am reading Coulson whiteheads the intuitionist like I confess yes yesterday”
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a landmark twentieth-century American novel that explores the complex themes of identity, race, and societal invisibility through the eyes of an unnamed Black narrator moving from the American South to Harlem.
Discussed“mean one it has a lot of the same mood as an invisible man which is actually why I wanted to read it because Invisible Man is one of my my favorite novels”
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The Witch Elm
The Witch Elm by Tana French is a suspenseful psychological mystery novel exploring memory, trauma, and family dynamics following a young man who returns to his ancestral home.
Discussed“and I was really intrigued by a cover review we had very recently that Stephen King wrote over her most recent book the the witchel the witch Elm”
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Faithful Place
Faithful Place by Tana French is a dark and atmospheric psychological mystery novel that follows an undercover detective forced to confront ghosts from his past when a cold case hits close to home.
Recommended“she pointed to faithful place which is her third book and I think in some in some ways was kind of a from what I could tell from the criticism that I've read was kind of a breakout book for her”
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Warlight
Discussed“and it was very easy then to break to read Michael and's latest novel warlight which I read in preparation to interview him last weekend at the Miami book fair”
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Transcription
Transcription by Kate Atkinson is a historical spy novel that follows a young woman recruited to monitor British fascist sympathizers during the Second World War.
Discussed“and it reminded me of not in style but in certain ways of transcription by Kate Atkinson”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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