Every book Azra Raza recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Azra Raza

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   Candide

   Francois Voltaire · Discussed · 1 episode

   Candide by Francois Voltaire is a classic philosophical novella that satirizes blind optimism and societal absurdities through the endless misfortunes of its protagonist.

   Discussed

   “just I think that small terrors is in Candide is is that also liveness does he say that - so the Voltaire wrote Candide as a parity of life”

   EconTalk Azra Raza on The First Cell 2020-03-23 Listen at 1:17:23

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE

   Herman Melville · Discussed · 1 episode

   Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is an epic American novel that chronicles the obsessive, self-destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the giant white whale that maimed him.

   Discussed

   “I'll tell you that my one of my most favorite fiction books of all times is of course Moby Dick by Melville”

   EconTalk Azra Raza on The First Cell 2020-03-23 Listen at 1:03:19

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

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