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81 - Renata Adler's Speedboat

81 - Renata Adler's Speedboat

FromBooks of Some Substance


81 - Renata Adler's Speedboat

FromBooks of Some Substance

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Renata Adler’s Speedboat starts and stops, accelerates and leaps, soars and crashes just like some sort of . . . well, you get it. Join David, Nathan, and Nick as they discuss this compact novel filled with vignettes of 1970s life and all of the sardonic observations that come along with it. But do the vignettes combine to create something more impactful? Is the book funny?  And how does one define humor in literature anyway? Listen in for our own starts and stops as we talk our way through this intriguing little book and try to define the indefinable.
Released:
Jan 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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The unofficial podcast of literary misfits everywhere who want to engage with books of "substance" (i.e. serious, respected, heavy, philosophical, classic), or at least considered such.