Merve Emre Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@Rivky_Mondal Of course! Yiyun Li’s new novel, THE BOOK OF GOOSE, might also interest you—imagine if the Neapolitan novels were cut short, i.e., Lenu’s career didn’t pan out, Lila died in childbirth, none of the chaotic aggression / desire they felt for each other could be blunted by time.

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Happiest of publication days to HOW HIGH?—THAT HIGH by the truly incomparable Diane Williams! Read it, then read THE COLLECTED STORIES, which I wrote about several years ago & continue to love beyond measure. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/21/diane-williams-timeless-quickies/

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THE BOOKS OF JACOB, translator Jennifer Croft: "Olga Tokarczuk's portrayal of Enlightenment Europe on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence." https://t.co/P93jCMuvlb

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"A mondegreen is something that is heard improperly by someone who then clings to that misinterpretation as fact."Looking forward to hearing Volodymyr Rafeyenko speak w/@marci_shore about "Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love," Friday at @YaleMacMillan. https://t.co/6nwxtbiFyW

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@gemmamilne I really love plays that haven’t been produced or are difficult to produce or are “closet dramas.” So, I’d add Jean Toomer’s “Cane” to your list and Gertrude Stein’s “Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights” and probably some of Anne Carson’s plays!

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RT @ARoseCasey: I can’t quite explain how glad I to be reading Merve Emre’s enchanting annotated version of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway,…

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Against a brutish, divisive vision of both natural and political bodies, her philosophies tended toward peace rather than factionalism, toward coöperation rather than insurrection. Most important, they suggested the desirability of benevolent monarchical rule.

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It’s so nice to see people have been listening to this conversation! My other favourite @LRBbookshop podcast this year: Talking to Elif Batuman about EITHER / OR: From the Bookshop: Elif Batuman and Merve Emre The LRB Podcast https://t.co/UMHlLZTKCu https://t.co/CcysAtwARN

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My @NewYorker essay on @mieko_kawakami’s phenomenal Nietzschean novel HEAVEN & how the contemporary novel of ideas thinks about morality was translated by @mayukoueda for the new issue of @gunzou_henshubu. 🥰 https://t.co/QV2WHBxqs5

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@alixbeeston Hi! I didn't do the event -- just attended it. But really great talks by Jeff Dolven (whose SENSES OF STYLE has a lot on description) and Elisa Tamarkin, whose book looks GREAT. https://t.co/p1uYfAT6jH