how to win the lottery #001 – death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh
our podcast book club kicks off with death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh, which tells a type of story that’s often ignored and left untold. we discuss the plot, the concept of poststructuralism (and its expression as postmodernism literature), and the novel’s horror elements in atmosphere and descriptions. we also explore ghosts in a way that feels off-base until we pull a pro move and weave it into the narrative, and bob shares more info about alan moore than you may expect when you begin this episode. stay tuned to get some advice about advice and learn the severity of this episode’s crime.
reading list for season one
death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh, 6/3
pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier, 6/17
you shall know our velocity by dave eggers, 7/1
memories of my father watching tv by curtis white, 7/15
a prayer for owen meany by john irving, 7/29
colorless tsukuru tazaki by haruki murakami, 8/12
any man by amber tamblyn, 8/26
ducks, newburyport by lucy ellmann, 9/9
open city by teju cole, 9/23
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, 10/7
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