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Every book Alan Riding recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Alan Riding has recommended or discussed 1 book on podcasts, as of July 18, 2024.
- Alan Riding has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 18, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of July 18, 2024.
- The book Alan Riding has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 18, 2024: Dora Bruder.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Alan Riding aired on July 18, 2024.
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Alan Riding appears as a guest on The Book Review podcast to discuss translated literature and the works of notable authors. During a July 2024 episode focusing on Patrick Modiano's writing, Riding discussed Dora Bruder, noting that it is one of the few books by the author that has been translated into English. Furthermore, Riding recommended Dora Bruder as an accessible starting point for readers approaching Modiano's work, highlighting the narrative where the author searches for a young Jewish girl who disappeared during the occupation. By discussing and recommending this specific translated text, Riding helps guide listeners through the nuances of Modiano's literary output, emphasizing works that offer both historical resonance and an approachable entry into a complex thematic universe.
Books recommended by Alan Riding
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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.
Discussed“one of his books books one of the few that have been translated into English is called Dora brooka”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’ | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 2 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so we have from shall we say the basic sort of treatment of women in the early history plays and Taming of the Shrew of course famously to more sophisticated love items like Juliet”
“well she was um of of Italian descent um as you can tell and in fact the name bosano appears in different places including Merchant of Venice”
“and that's when he wrote the two narrative poems Venus and Adonis and the rape of lucrecia that's also when he wrote probably wrote some of the early sonnets”
“and that's when he wrote the two narrative poems Venus and Adonis and the rape of lucrecia that's also when he wrote probably wrote some of the early sonnets”
“I mean even in something like Henry VI 6 the three Henry 6 you have uh the French Queen Margaret the wife of Henry 6 and of course Henry V 6 is portrayed and in fact in life was a mixture of being very weak man”
“so I mean there you have in someone like in 12th night you have someone like Viola who's played by a young man pretending to be a young woman who in fact in the play is pretending to be a young man”