Obsessive Empathetic-Somatic Syndrome and You (Part III)
On this week鈥檚 Two Month Review blog post, we鈥檙e exploring Part III: 鈥淭he Yellow House鈥 from Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. As was unanimous from the conversation between Chad, Brian, and Nick last week, this is where the magic of the book and the skill of Gospodinov as a writer truly start to shine. And ...
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We are Minotaur, or: Eat your Darlings (Part II)
This week we鈥檙e following up from Chad, Brian, special guest Caitlin Baker (University Book Store in Seattle), and their discussion of Part II of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow, “Against an Abandonment: The Case of M.” Here, Gospodinov throws us for another loop, as we move from the halls of memory ...
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Sorrow-Maker Gospodinov (Part 1, Pgs 1-58)
This week we will be looking at the opening section of Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow. If you didn鈥檛 already, you can catch the conversation between Chad Post, Tom Roberge, and Brian Wood on this section of the book at Three Percent or on YouTube for the unedited, behind the scenes full audio-visual experience ...
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Georgi Gospodinov and The Physics of Sorrow (Introduction)
Throughout this season of the Two Month Review, Santiago Morrice will be writing weekly pieces about the section of the book discussed on the previous week鈥檚 podcast. These will likely go a bit more in depth into the style and content of the novel itself, nicely complementing the podcasts. On last week鈥檚 podcast, Chad ...
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Two Month Review: #4.01: The Physics of Sorrow (Introduction)
The new season of the Two Month Review kicks off now with a general overview Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow, one of the most beloved books Open Letter has ever published. Brian鈥檚 on the lam, or in witness protection, or something, so Open Letter senior editor Kaija Straumanis stepped in to talk about one of the ...
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Latest Review: "The Physics of Sorrow" by Georgi Gospodinov
The latest addition to our Reviews section is a piece by Izidora Angel on The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel and out last month from Open Letter Books. This book鈥攁nd call it a shameless plug all you want鈥攊s by far one of the best books I’ve read in the last year, and has been on ...
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The Physics of Sorrow
鈥淵our bile is stagnant, you see sorrow in everything, you are drenched in melancholy,鈥 my friend the doctor said. bq. 鈥淚sn鈥檛 melancholy something from previous centuries? Isn鈥檛 some vaccine against it yet, hasn鈥檛 medicine taken care of it yet?鈥 I ask. Georgi Gospodinov鈥檚 The Physics of Sorrow was an ...
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