Episode 4: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
We embark on a journey through the Gulf Stream, off Cuba's coast, to delve into Ernest Hemingway's final and iconic novella, The Old Man and the Sea. Is this merely a story of man versus nature, a contemporary retelling of the Jesus narrative, or an autobiographical allegory reflecting Hemingway's own writing challenges? Or "Is all the symbolism people say shit?" Join us as we explore what lies beyond the surface of this timeless, and truer-than-true, fisherman's tale.
29 Aug 2023
Episode 3: The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges
We're back in 1940s Argentina, this time losing ourselves in the labyrinth of Borges' Lottery in Babylon. Whether this is a noir satire or totalitarian tyranny, pareidolic paranoid delusion, or a metaphysical backstory for the messy world we live in, we delight in exploring Borges' pendulous inquiry into humanity's need for meaning and self-authorship.
12 Aug 2023
Episode 2: Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
In the first installment of our Ted Chiang series, we ascend Ted's Tower of Babylon. We delve into the vivid and symbolic world of the Tower leaving no brick unturned as we seek to appreciate and understand this gorgeous retelling of the ancient Tower of Babel story from Genesis.
30 Jul 2023
Episode 1: House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar
We discuss Julio Cortazar's eerie short story 'House Taken Over'. Is Cortazar writing an apology to a displaced upper-middle class? Is this an allegory of outstaying one's welcome in one's own life? A tale of madness? A descent into hell? Or is this just a story about a brother and sister who decide to go for a midnight walk after hearing voices?
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