Episode · The Book Review · 2018-08-31
Books mentioned on The Uses and Misuses of Identity
Pamela Paul recommended The lies that bind by Anthony Appiah and The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others, and discussed Middlemarch by George Eliot. Rumaan Alam recommended So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano and others, Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano, and The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. Lovia Gyarkye recommended Another Country by James Baldwin. Emily Eakin recommended Sabrina by Nick Drnaso and The evening of the holiday by Shirley Hazzard. John Williams recommended Nada by Carmen Laforet.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely celebrated as a masterwork of Victorian literature, chronicling the lives and aspirations of provincial society in the fictional town of Middlemarch.
Discussed“you have this great early quote from Middle March maybe you could share how identity was thought of During the period of George Elliott's novel”
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The lies that bind
The lies that bind: rethinking identity is a non-fiction book by philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah that explores the complex facets of personal and cultural categorization.
Recommended“the book again is called the lies that bind rethinking identity by quame Anthony apia Anthony thank you so much for being here”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
Recommended“my pleasure Pamela Jonathan height is the co-author along with Greg ganof of the coddling of the American mind how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure”
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So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano, translated by Euan Cameron, is a haunting and atmospheric novel that begins as a mystery involving a writer who is contacted by strangers after losing his address book.
Recommended“and I recently read Patrick Modano for the first time I picked up a book called so you don't get lost in the neighborhood and I was so Charmed by it”
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Dora Bruder
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano is a haunting biographical novel that traces the author's real-life obsessive quest to uncover the wartime fate of a young Jewish girl who disappeared in Nazi-occupied Paris.
Recommended“because actually I found that book and the book Dora Bruder which I'm reading right now to be really remarkable”
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Another Country
Another Country by James Baldwin is a complex and unflinching 1962 novel that explores the turbulent intersections of race, sexuality, identity, and bohemian life in Greenwich Village and Paris.
Recommended“I'm R reading another country by James Baldwin which I'm sure comes to a shock to nobody who knows me but it was published in 1962 and I think is one of Baldwin's most difficult novels”
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Sabrina
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is a contemporary graphic novel that explores modern anxiety, surveillance, and the fallout of a tragedy.
Recommended“um I want to talk about two books one very recent the other um many decades old and the the Contemporary book is Sabrina which is a graphic novel by Nick duraso”
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The evening of the holiday
The evening of the holiday is a novel by Australian author Shirley Hazzard.
Recommended“um I just wanted to talk about Shirley Hazard today because I also recently read her first novel Shirley Hazard being the Australian novelist recently deceased who wrote uh the transit of Venus her first novel was called the evening of the holiday”
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The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus is a novel by Shirley Hazzard that traces the lives of two orphaned Australian sisters moving to England, exploring complex themes of love, intellect, fate, and betrayal over several decades.
Recommended“the transit of Venus is maybe a perfect novel”
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Nada
Nada is a classic mid-century Spanish novel by Carmen Laforet that portrays a young woman arriving in post-Civil War Barcelona to attend university, only to find her relatives living in squalor and emotional decay.
Recommended“which is called NADA by Carmen lafet it's a novel from 1945 published I realized today when lafet was 23 which made me slightly nauseous”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“quame Anthony apia will be here to discuss his latest book the lies that bind”
“Jonathan height will be here to talk about his new book The coddling of the American mind”
“he is the ethicist column for the New York Times magazine and his latest book is called the lies that bind rethinking identity”
“one doesn't want to lose track of the fact and the book is called the lies that bind that identities can be useful for people”
“Jonathan height joins us now he has co-written a book with Greg lukianov called the codling of the American mind how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure”
“and he came to talk to me because I'm a a social psychologist and he he liked my book the happiness hypothesis where I talked about CBT and said John here's what I think is going on”
“and the the graphs that we have in the book in chapter seven of our book are stunning”
“Shirley Hazard being the Australian novelist recently deceased who wrote uh the transit of Venus her first novel was called the evening of the holiday”