Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on 'Ties' to Ferrante?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Teeth
Teeth is an eye-opening investigative book by Mary Otto that examines beauty, socioeconomic inequality, and the severe crisis of oral health care accessibility in America.
Recommended“Mary Otto is the author of teeth this story of beauty inequality and the struggle for oral health in America”
Where to get it
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a sweeping nineteenth-century masterpiece examining love, infidelity, and societal norms in imperial Russia.
Discussed“Anna kenina and Madame boy have many many similarities at the same time”
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a classic nineteenth-century French novel that tells the tragic story of a provincial doctor's wife who engages in extra-marital affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities of her provincial life.
Discussed“Anna kenina and Madame boy have many many similarities at the same time”
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In Other Words
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri is a reflective memoir written entirely in Italian by the acclaimed American author.
Discussed“your own most recent book in other words was written in Italian”
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Jesus' son
Jesus' Son is a potent and slender 1992 short story collection by Denis Johnson that portrays the chaotic, gritty lives of marginal figures through the perspective of an unreliable narrator.
Recommended“first on a quick note I've been rereading Dennis Johnson's Jesus's son uh a very slender but very potent collection of short stories from 1992 cuz it's celebrating its 25th anniversary”
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Poets in their youth
Poets in their youth by Eileen B.
Recommended“in addition to that and then I've been reading just a random pick off my shelf which is a memoir from the early 80s by a woman named ien Simpson and it's called poets in their youth”
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Essays in disguise
Essays in Disguise is a celebrated collection of critical pieces and reviews written by Wilfrid Sheed for various publications including the New York Review of Books.
Recommended“what that really did though was it sent me back to one of my favorite books of all time which is Wilfred she's essay collection essays in Disguise because he has a review of simpsons's book”
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Word by word
Word by word by Kory Stamper is a fascinating non-fiction exploration of the English language and the meticulous, often surprising world of dictionary making.
Recommended“called word by word by Cory Stamper who's a lexicographer at Miriam Webster dictionary”
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The making of Jane Austen
The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser is a detailed exploration of the cultural history and reception of the beloved English novelist.
Recommended“she's written this fascinating in my opinion book called The Making of Jane Austin which really traces kind of the history of her reception”
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The destiny of the republic
The Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard is a gripping historical non-fiction work detailing the shocking assassination of President James Garfield and the medical malpractice that contributed to his untimely death.
Recommended“well I finished on the train this morning Candace mards the destiny of the Republic”
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