#1679: Sigrid Nunez “What You Are Going Through”

The Book Show

#1679: Sigrid Nunez “What You Are Going Through” | The Book Show

Sep 22 2020 | 00:27:41

00:00 / 00:27:41

Show Notes

This week on The Book Show, Sigrid Nunez, looks back to a precarious, pre-pandemic world. In her new book What You Are Going Through, she tells the story of death and companionship, loneliness, and obligation, and as she writes: “Messy life. Unfair life. Life that must be dealt with.”

Other Episodes

Episode 0

July 27, 2021 • 00:27:40

#1723: James Ellroy "Widespread Panic" | The Book Show

This week, from the modern master of noir James Ellroy, comes the new novel “Widespread Panic;” about the malevolent monarch of the 1950s Hollywood...

Episode

June 04, 2024 • 00:27:27

The Book Show | Garrard Conley - All the World Beside

Garrard Conley is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Boy Erased.” His debut novel, “All the World Beside,” is the story...

Episode

January 28, 2025 • 00:27:27

The Book Show | Kaveh Akbar - Martyr! [Encore airing]

Poet Kaveh Akbar joins us to discuss his first novel “Martyr!” which follows Cyrus Shams on a journey of introspection and discovery. Cyrus is...