{"id":412502,"date":"2019-01-17T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=412502"},"modified":"2019-01-16T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:50:44","slug":"radiant-terminus-two-month-review-reading-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2019\/01\/17\/radiant-terminus-two-month-review-reading-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"“Radiant Terminus” Two Month Review Reading Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s almost time for the next season of the\u00a0Two Month Review<\/em>\u2014our\u00a0seventh\u00a0<\/em>season. (That’s a solid number.) This season we’re returning to do an Open Letter title, Antoine Volodine’s\u00a0Radiant Terminus<\/em><\/a>, translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman.<\/p>\n

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The most patently sci-fi work of Antoine Volodine\u2019s to be translated into English,\u00a0Radiant Terminus<\/em>\u00a0takes place in a Tarkovskian landscape after the fall of the Second Soviet Union. Most of humanity has been destroyed thanks to a number of nuclear meltdowns, but a few communes remain, including one run by Solovyei, a psychotic father with the ability to invade people\u2019s dreams\u2014including those of his daughters\u2014and torment them for thousands of years.<\/p>\n

When a group of damaged individuals seek safety from this nuclear winter in Solovyei\u2019s commune, a plot develops to overthrow him, end his reign of mental abuse, and restore humanity.<\/p>\n

Fantastical, unsettling, and occasionally funny,\u00a0Radiant Terminus<\/em>\u00a0is a key entry in Volodine\u2019s epic literary project that\u2014with its broad landscape, ambitious vision, and interlocking characters and ideas\u2014calls to mind the best of David Mitchell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those of you who like to read along with these seasons\u2014not entirely necessary! although I promise the jokes are funnier and the insights more insightful if you do\u2014here’s the official reading schedule. I’m listing the podcast<\/a> release dates below, but you should follow our YouTube channel<\/a> (or Twitter<\/a>) to find out about the live YouTube recordings, where you can ask questions, point out your own observations, correct things we got wrong, etc.<\/p>\n

(Note: Most YouTube recordings are Wednesday morning, but this depends on the availability of our guests, and is subject to change.)<\/p>\n

(One other note: We have almost a full slate of guests already lined up, including some old favorites and some really cool newcomers. I don’t want to list them now in case anything goes wrong, but this should be a star-studded season.)<\/p>\n

1\/24: Introduction to Volodine<\/p>\n

1\/31: Chapters 1-3 (pgs 1-77)<\/p>\n

2\/7: Chapters 4-8 (pgs 78-127)<\/p>\n

2\/14: Chapters 9-13 (pgs 128-193)<\/p>\n

2\/21: Chapters 14-16 (pgs 193-253)<\/p>\n

2\/28: Chapters 17-19 (pgs 254-308)<\/p>\n

3\/7: Chapters 20-26 (pgs 309-363)<\/p>\n

3\/14: Chapters 27-38 (pgs 364-415)<\/p>\n

3\/21: Chapters 39-49 (pgs 416-468)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So tune in next week for a general introduction to post-exoticism, Volodine’s pseudonyms, and much more. And then we’ll be back on 1\/31 to talk about the opening sections of the book.<\/p>\n

Also, in case you haven’t already bought a copy from your local indie bookstore, you can use the code VOLODINE at checkout our site, and receive 30%\u00a0Radiant Terminus<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>or any other Volodine<\/a> title.<\/p>\n

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