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80 - W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants

80 - W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants

FromBooks of Some Substance


80 - W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants

FromBooks of Some Substance

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Just because you bought a copy of W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants in the fiction section doesn’t make it fiction. Or does it? Join Nathan, David, and Nick for a conversation about fiction vs. non-fiction vs. creative non-fiction vs. journalism vs. memoir vs. Nick’s favorite genre of “who cares as long as you like it." Topics discussed also include: the way reading about memory triggers one’s own memory, the Nabokovian butterfly man, and a Sebaldian account of recommending Sebald to others. The Books of Some Substance crew wish you the happiest of holidays. May you spend them reading and thinking about a man who walks around thinking about the things he’s read.
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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