Episode · The Book Review · 2021-02-12
Books mentioned on This Land Is Whose Land?
Pamela Paul recommended Land by Simon Winchester and Made in China by Amelia Pang, and discussed The Professor and the Madman CD by Simon Winchester and Krakatoa by Simon Winchester. Dwight Garner discussed Native speaker by Chang-rae Lee. Parul Sehgal discussed Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Land
Land is a non-fiction book by Simon Winchester that examines the history, law, and human desire for property ownership and how it shaped the modern world.
Recommended“Simon Winchester will join us to talk about his latest book land how The Hunger for ownership shaped the modern world”
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Made in China
Made in China by Amelia Pang is a gripping investigative work that exposes the hidden human costs of cheap consumer goods in America through the harrowing story of a single prisoner and a smuggled SOS letter.
Recommended“Amelia Pang will be here to discuss her book made in China a prisoner and SOS letter and the hidden cost of America's cheap Goods”
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The Professor and the Madman CD
Discussed“you have books where you do have that very specific story of course the professor and the madman kotoa you know there's this obvious beginning and an ending”
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Krakatoa
Discussed“you have books where you do have that very specific story of course the professor and the madman kotoa you know there's this obvious beginning and an ending”
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Native speaker
Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee is a celebrated debut novel that explores themes of alienation, assimilation, and espionage through the lens of a Korean American protagonist living in New York.
Discussed“I read the new Chang Ray Lee novel and of course you know I'm sure a lot of our listeners to who Chang Ray Lee is a wonderful novelist who's been around for three decades now at least and his books include native speaker and a gesture life and a loft”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature exploring themes of love, family, societal hypocrisy, and tragic fate.
Discussed“you have books like the makioka sisters or anak Kina they're some of the best things we've ever done as a species you know”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Simon Winchester's new book is called land how The Hunger for ownership shaped the modern world”
“Pamela Amelia's book again is made in China a prisoner an SOS letter and the hidden cost of America's cheap Goods”
“this is from Joe Bigalow who writes and he writes about picking up James Joyce and reading a portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and ulyses”
“this is from Joe Bigalow who writes and he writes about picking up James Joyce and reading a portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and ulyses”