XXXI. The Labyrinth of Inhumanity

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XXXI. The Labyrinth of Inhumanity

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XXXI. The Labyrinth of Inhumanity

The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Tatiana and Niko

Nov 03, 2023

For literature and literature lovers. Niko and Tatiana read The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt. They discuss plagiarism, fragmentation, and jokes, with lots of references to Roberto Bolaño and Yambo Ouologuem.

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Desperate Readers

Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.

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Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana

Opening music by Seth Thomsen

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