David Grossman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
John IrvingDavid Grossmanin a hipster coffee shop in bushwick. everyone is talking about john irving's "a prayer for owen meany." under their breath, millennials yearn for coming of age stories set in 1950s new hampshire
Hardcover, 2013
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never Again !: A Program for Survival
Meir KahaneDavid GrossmanThe originator of the phrase "Never again," Meir Kahane, thought anti-Semitism was intrinsic to humanity. Among his many failures was not understanding that it's politics that are intrinsic to humanity, not any specific hatred.
Paperback, 2009
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Metamorphosis
KafkaDavid Grossman@arabellesicardi A classic for a reason, "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from curious dreams" in Kafka's Metamorphosis is just perfect writing. How could you not want to read what happens next
Paperback, 2020
$10.97$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric FonerDavid GrossmanWild to be reading Eric Foner's "The Second Founding" and then hear a Supreme Court justice essentially say the same thing https://t.co/TMN15HvXTD
Paperback, 2020
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Bell HooksDavid Grossmanbuddy in all seriousness bell hooks wrote "The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love" which is all about male problems. you can read that and talk about it with your dudes, as opposed to getting mad at women on twitter https://t.co/5NjqMpJ1na https://t.co/o2jeZjBENc
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Matrix Resurrections: Secrets, philosophy and implications
Matrix Fans EditionsDavid GrossmanThe Matrix Resurrections is meta. Contrary to what you may have read on this very site, I wrote about why that's good https://www.polygon.com/22852993/the-matrix-resurrections-meta-story
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Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
Studs TerkelDavid GrossmanWhat's so important about Studs Terkel, in books like WORKING and HARD TIMES, is showing how people live their lives. In HARD TIMES, if you read enough of the interviews, a thread appears: family members keep getting radicalized by right-wing radio
Paperback, 1997
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadDavid Grossman@yacobg42 Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead. Rollicking heist, fantastic worldbuilding of late 50s Harlem, goes does fast and smooth
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text
DanteDavid Grossman@Yelix @MIDImyers this reminds me of when i would just randomly DM you this trailer and we would discuss how much we missed Dante's Inferno. Gaming really does bring people together
Paperback, 2021
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs TerkelDavid GrossmanWhat's so important about Studs Terkel, in books like WORKING and HARD TIMES, is showing how people live their lives. In HARD TIMES, if you read enough of the interviews, a thread appears: family members keep getting radicalized by right-wing radio
Paperback, 2005
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book