Guest on Conversations with Tyler
2 books recommended · 1 critiqued · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“How about Pale Fire? I love Pale Fire. For my birthday this year, one of my friends, Rodrigo, got me this special edition that has the cantos printed on index cards.”
Why: The guest loves the book.
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“I really hope that Susanna Clarke lasts. I'm a big fan of her work. I hope Piranesi becomes one of those immortal works of fiction. I loved Piranesi…”
Why: The guest is a big fan of the author and loved the book.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
Books they argue against or name the limits of.
“I actually haven't finished House of Leaves. My fiancé loves it. He thinks it's one of the scariest books he's ever read, but that's part of why I can't finish it.”
Why: The guest finds it too frightening to finish.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
Named without an opinion attached.
“My fiance is reading 2001 A Space Odyssey right now and its sequels. And he was a big fan of Lu Tsi-shin's The Three-Body Problem trilogy.”
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“I am fascinated by the Cold War psyche. And this might be because we're reading Watchmen right now, which is a comic book that I've slept on for many years.”
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“So the kind of theories of literary economy and world literature I'm thinking of really start with Pascal Casanova's The World Republic of Letters.”
The World Republic of Letters by Pascale Casanova
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“My fiance is reading 2001 A Space Odyssey right now and its sequels. And he was a big fan of Lu Tsi-shin's The Three-Body Problem trilogy.”
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“Do you think that Piranesi was a lot less accessible than Jonathan Strange was? I think it's much more accessible.”
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“But unless you're writing a book such as, for instance, this is How You Lose the Time War, which is told in an epistolary format where the two co-authors just wrote the two different perspectives…”
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Guest on Conversations with TylerRebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction