Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Life of a Brilliant, Suffering Scientist
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book of Eels
The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson is an international bestseller that blends natural history, memoir, and philosophical inquiry into the mysterious and elusive life of eels.
Recommended“Patrik Svensson is the author of The Book of Eels”
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H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is a critically acclaimed memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing journey through grief following the sudden death of her father, which she processes by training a notoriously aggressive goshawk.
Discussed“And of course it reminded me as a reader and I think other readers have brought up this analogy of Helen Macdonald's book H Is for Hawk which is also about grieving for a father and an animal”
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson is a deeply moving and searingly honest memoir in which the acclaimed author explores her traumatic adoption, her fierce intellectual awakening, and the lifelong quest to heal from emotional wounds inflicted by her fiercely religious adoptive mother.
Discussed“I love Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?”
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Are you my mother?
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel is an acclaimed graphic memoir that explores the complex psychological relationship between a daughter and her mother through literature, psychoanalysis, and art.
Discussed“I like Alison Bechdel's book Are You My Mother?”
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At the Existentialist Café
At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell is a group biography detailing the lives and ideas of the prominent existentialist philosophers of the twentieth century.
Discussed“You know, there was Sarah Bakewell's At the Existentialist Cafe from a few years ago”
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The Metaphysical Club
Discussed“A couple of decades ago, I think it was Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club”
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