{"id":306726,"date":"2017-08-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2017\/08\/10\/two-month-review-2-1-introduction-to-tomas-jonsson-bestseller\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:06:38","slug":"two-month-review-2-1-introduction-to-tomas-jonsson-bestseller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2017\/08\/10\/two-month-review-2-1-introduction-to-tomas-jonsson-bestseller\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review #2.1: Introduction to T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And with this episode, we launch the second season of the <em>Two Month Review<\/em>! Over a ten-week period, we will be breaking down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/tomas-jonsson-bestseller\"><em>T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller<\/em><\/a> by Gu\u00f0bergur Bergsson, helping explain and explore what makes this book (often referred to as &#8220;Iceland&#8217;s <em>Ulysses<\/em>&#8221;) so influential and interesting. This season translator, poet, and professor Lytton Smith will join Chad Post to talk about the book, along with a variety of guests, including a number of booksellers, critics, and readers. The full reading schedule can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=19982\">here,<\/a> but in this particular episode, Lytton and Chad provide some background information about the book, Bergsson&#8217;s career, and Icelandic literature as a whole. They&#8217;re joined this week by Brian Wood, who, as usual, is entertaining and funny while also asking really important questions that help provide a context for approaching this novel. <\/p>\n<p>Feel free to comment on this episode&#8212;or on the book in general&#8212;either on this post, or at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/216472-two-month-review\">GoodReads Group.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>T\u00f3mas J\u00f3nsson, Bestseller<\/em> is available at better bookstores everywhere, and you can also order it directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/tomas-jonsson-bestseller\">Open Letter,<\/a> where you can get 20% off by entering 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout. <\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lyttonjsmith?lang=en\">Lytton Smith,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood,<\/a> and for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n<p>And you can find all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">Two Month Review<\/a> posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">clicking here.<\/a> Please rate us on iTunes and\/or leave a review!<\/p>\n<p>The music for this season of Two Month Review is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LHi8Oc753LU\">Long Year<\/a> by The Anchoress. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5626122\/height\/90\/width\/380\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ffa23c\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"380\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And with this episode, we launch the second season of the Two Month Review! 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