On Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World

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Literary Ramblings

Scott Talmage, Joe Hecker, Kevin McCarthy, and Wes Allen

24 episodes

2 weeks ago

In a book club spanning over a decade, Joe, Kevin, Wes, and Scott actually discuss the books- and now, it's a podcast! With a focus on serious fiction, the four explore context, interpretation, and criticism while enjoying a few drinks and lively banter. There will be spoilers- so, if you haven’t read the novel, and would prefer not to hear plot points, pause this now, go read the book, and then press play.

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On Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World

Literary Ramblings

1 hour 29 minutes 32 seconds

1 year ago

On Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World

In this episode, Joe, Scott, Wes, and Kevin discuss Benjamín Labatut's 2020 work, When We Cease to Understand the World. The work is ranked 83rd on the NYT's list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. We focus on Labatut's strange blending of fiction and nonfiction and the way this parallels particle superposition in Quantum Mechanics, what happens to scientists when they look into the eyes of God, William Burroughs, and much more...