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Let's Talk About Magda Szabó's Katalin Street
A deep dive into Magda Szabó's Katalin Street: literary ghosts, guilt, the complexities of memory, and so much more. Recommended Texts:...
georgekoorsiv
Nov 14, 20241 min read


The New York Times Best 100 Books Of The 21st Century Deep Dive
An hour long deep dive into the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century List: How many do you think I have read? Let me know your...
georgekoorsiv
Nov 10, 20241 min read


Lets Talk About Franz Kafka's The Castle (Das Schloss)
A deep dive into Franz Kafka's novel, The Castle (Das Schloss): isolation, bureaucracy, othering, and so much more. Recommended Readings:...
georgekoorsiv
Nov 10, 20241 min read


Let's Talk About Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other
An hour long deep dive into Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other: femininity, generational perspectives, intersectionality, diaspora,...
georgekoorsiv
Oct 23, 20241 min read


Lets Talk About Der Spiegel's 100 Book List (Die besten 100 Bücher aus 100 Jahren)
A deep dive into the recent Spiegel 100 Books List: Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Elfriede Jelinek, Fatma Aydemir, and many others (like Hans...
georgekoorsiv
Oct 18, 20241 min read


Let's Talk About 2666
Let's dive deep into Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666: masculinity, imperialism, violence, and so much more. Recommended Reads: Borderlands/La...
georgekoorsiv
Oct 15, 20241 min read


Reading Update (October 15, 2024)
Talking about my current reading: Finnegans Wake. Also commenting on the new Spiegel 100 List. The Haunted Book Shop in Iowa City...
georgekoorsiv
Oct 15, 20241 min read
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