the book of anna – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the URochester Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:52:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 TMR 12.12 “Finale” [THE BOOK OF ANNA] /College/translation/threepercent/2020/08/20/tmr-12-12-finale-the-book-of-anna/ /College/translation/threepercent/2020/08/20/tmr-12-12-finale-the-book-of-anna/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:46:50 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/?p=433962 Carmen Boullosa joined Chad and Brian this week to talk about The Book of Anna, memories of watching baseball, why she (today) supports Karenin and thinks Anna K made a mistake with Vronsky, the origin and structure of the novel, her system of having a book in the queue before the previous one is published, and much more.

And, at the very end, the book for Season 13—coming Wednesday, September 9th—is revealed! More information about the actual schedule will be available next week.

This week’s music lacks an Anna reference, but is maybe an allusion to Anna and Vronksy . . . It’s “” by Boat.

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]]> /College/translation/threepercent/2020/08/20/tmr-12-12-finale-the-book-of-anna/feed/ 0 TMR 12.10 “Karenina’s Portrait” [THE BOOK OF ANNA] /College/translation/threepercent/2020/08/06/tmr-12-10-kareninas-portrait-the-book-of-anna/ /College/translation/threepercent/2020/08/06/tmr-12-10-kareninas-portrait-the-book-of-anna/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:16:19 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/?p=433582 After talking a bit about Women in Translation Month and the for choosing the Season 13 title, Chad and Brian get into the twisty nature of Part III of The Book of Anna, in which Anna’s portrait is given to the tsar, and Leo Tolstoy appears in the dreams of two characters, both to berate them and make a case for revolution. This part ends with a bit of a tease, as next week we finally get to hear from Anna Karenina herself in the form of her opium inspired book.

This week’s Anna song is “” by Sunset Rubdown.

And again, if you want to help pick from the four finalists for season 13 (Zone, Vernon Subutex, Ada, or Ardor, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming), fill out . Thanks in advance!

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