Episode · The Book Review · 2019-06-14
Books mentioned on The World's Far Corners and Deepest Depths
Gilbert Cruz discussed Underland by Robert Macfarlane, Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips, and The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and others. Robert Macfarlane discussed The Overstory by Richard Powers and Horizon by Barry Lopez. Parul Sehgal discussed Outrages by Naomi Wolf and Let Me Not Be Mad by A. K. Benjamin. Jennifer Szalai discussed Reckoning by Linda Hirshman and others. Dwight Garner recommended The Capital by Robert Menasse.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Underland
Underland by Robert Macfarlane is a sweeping exploration of humanity's relationship with subterranean spaces, deep time, and the hidden environments beneath the Earth's surface.
Discussed“Robert McFarland will be here to talk about his new book underland”
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Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips is a compelling novel that explores the mysterious disappearance of two young sisters in the remote and rugged landscape of Kamchatka, Russia, examining the profound ripples the event creates through a close-knit community.
Discussed“Julia Phillips will be here to talk about her debut novel disappearing Earth”
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The Lost Words
Discussed“his previous books include mountains of the Mind the wild places the old ways and one that I particularly want to talk about a few more but one called The Lost words a children's book”
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that intertwines the lives of several Americans whose fates are connected to trees and environmental activism.
Discussed“and I think here of big books like Barry Lopez's Horizon Richard PO is the over story which actually together kind of make a a trip tich here you have the overstory The Horizon and and the underland”
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Horizon
Discussed“and I think here of big books like Barry Lopez's Horizon Richard PO is the over story which actually together kind of make a a trip tich here you have the overstory The Horizon and and the underland”
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Outrages
Outrages by Naomi Wolf is a historical nonfiction book that examines same-sex desire and state suppression in nineteenth-century Britain.
Discussed“um so I reviewed two books in the last few weeks I reviewed Naomi Wolf's book outrages which has been heavily criticized for containing some pretty serious errors”
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Let Me Not Be Mad
Discussed“but I also reviewed this week a book by AK Benjamin called let me be not mad and I actually think I want to talk about that one just because it's”
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Reckoning
Discussed“okay so this week I I reviewed a book that I had I took some issues with and it's called Reckoning and it's by a lawyer and legal scholar and philosopher named Linda hman”
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The Capital
The Capital is a translated satirical novel by Austrian writer Robert Menasse that delves into the bureaucratic inner workings of the European Union in Brussels.
Recommended“Pamela I I reviewed this a novel from a Austrian writer named Robert Manas and the novel has been translated from the German it's called the capital with two A's and U”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“his previous books include mountains of the Mind the wild places the old ways and one that I particularly want to talk about a few more but one called The Lost words a children's book”
“his previous books include mountains of the Mind the wild places the old ways and one that I particularly want to talk about a few more but one called The Lost words a children's book”
“his previous books include mountains of the Mind the wild places the old ways and one that I particularly want to talk about a few more but one called The Lost words a children's book”
“we've had this Resurgence going on for 15 years which I think happened in America in around the time of Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez um a bit earlier Annie dad's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”
“we've had this Resurgence going on for 15 years which I think happened in America in around the time of Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez um a bit earlier Annie dad's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”
“Robert McFarland is the author of most recently underland a deep time Journey”
“the book is the capital by Robert”