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Jennifer Szalai’s book recommendations in 2017

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'The Story of the Jews' Continues

The Book Review · 2017-12-22

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang · discussed · at 39:44

Mary Beard on 'Women & Power'

The Book Review · 2017-12-15

Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass · discussed · at 46:06
Life sentences by William H. Gass · discussed · at 47:11

The Second Coming of the KKK

The Book Review · 2017-12-08

BRIEF HISTORY OF MISOGYNY: THE WORLD'S OLDEST PREJUDICE by JACK HOLLAND · discussed · at 1:01:38

O Pioneers!

The Book Review · 2017-11-21

In Praise of Shadows by 谷崎潤一郎 · discussed · at 47:21

Mother Knows Best?

The Book Review · 2017-11-17

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan · discussed · at 57:25
Devils in daylight by 谷崎潤一郎 · discussed · at 58:51

Kurt Andersen on Channeling President Trump

The Book Review · 2017-11-10

Cold new world by William Finnegan · discussed · at 51:57

From Podcast to Book with Marc Maron

The Book Review · 2017-10-20

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean · recommended · at 1:01:50

Jennifer Egan Talks About 'Manhattan Beach'

The Book Review · 2017-10-06

My life as a Russian novel by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 47:54

Recent Romances

The Book Review · 2017-09-29

A Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carrère · discussed · at 36:50

Jesmyn Ward on 'Sing, Unburied, Sing'

The Book Review · 2017-09-22

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein · discussed · at 57:28

Jill Abramson on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

The Book Review · 2017-09-15

Simple justice by Richard Kluger · discussed · at 58:06
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante · discussed · at 1:03:18

Gorbachev: His Life and Times

The Book Review · 2017-09-08

Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi · recommended · at 36:50
Anna by Dezső Kosztolányi · discussed · at 37:58

Analyzing Freud

The Book Review · 2017-08-18

Ghost waltz by Elizabeth McNeill · recommended · at 37:11

Lights On, Rats Out

The Book Review · 2017-07-28

Thus were their faces by Silvina Ocampo · recommended · at 43:26

The World of Jane Austen Fans

The Book Review · 2017-07-14

Lives Other Than My Own by Emmanuel Carrère · recommended · at 37:26
The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère · recommended · at 39:17

China's World

The Book Review · 2017-06-16

The man without a face by Masha Gessen, Marcos Pérez Sánchez, Juan Manuel Ibeas Delgado · discussed · at 33:42
Enemies by Tim Weiner · discussed · at 34:53

The Charm of 'The Idiot'

The Book Review · 2017-03-31

A separation by Katie M. Kitamura · discussed · at 40:22

Happy Trails

The Book Review · 2017-03-03

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin · discussed · at 20:28
Savage theories by Pola Oloixarac · discussed · at 20:28
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez · discussed · at 20:42

From Brooklyn to the Gulag

The Book Review · 2017-01-27

Right and left ; The legend of the holy drinker by Joseph Roth · discussed · at 36:39
The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth · discussed · at 39:22

Other mentions in 2017 (11: passing, ad reads, own books)