how to win the lottery s21e6 – your name here by helen dewitt and ilya gridneff
our next undaptable novel is your name here by helen dewitt and ilya gridneff, which is a very tough book to discuss — and also one that feels like a culmination of our podcast so far. we talk about how modern the book feels, the specific in-jokes she’s making to the literary world, and how the authors treat their readers with kindness. we sort of struggle to describe what this book is “about,” and we discuss whether or not dewitt and gridneff lost the plot. joey offers a brief joke watch recap. egg’s email inspires a lot of varied conversation, both about this book and otherwise. does this book make more sense as a 2008 or 2025 release, or is that irrelevant? does the large text section show up even bigger in large print editions? once again, we excitedly preview the table for fortune module.
reading list for season twenty-one
the odyssey by homer, translated by emily wilson
the sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner
detransition, baby by torrey peters
antkind by charlie kaufman
the chain by adrian mckinty
your name here by helen dewitt and ilya gridneff
the memory police by yoko ogawa, translated by stephen snyder
the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger
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