{"id":395286,"date":"2018-04-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2018\/04\/05\/two-month-review-4-08-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-vii-global-autumn\/"},"modified":"2018-05-14T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:29:15","slug":"two-month-review-4-08-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-vii-global-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2018\/04\/05\/two-month-review-4-08-the-physics-of-sorrow-part-vii-global-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review: #4.08: The Physics of Sorrow (Part VII: &#8220;Global Autumn&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Rachel Cordasco from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/\">Speculative Fiction in Translation<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/whspress\/\">Wisconsin Historical Society Press<\/a> joined Chad and Brian for a fun conversation about part <span class=\"caps\">VII<\/span> of Georgi Gospodinov\u2019s <em>The Physics of Sorrow<\/em>. They talked about how this book invokes a variety of memories, hotel rooms, Eastern European self-deprecating humor, the saddest place on earth, and much more. It\u2019s a wide-ranging conversation that truly captures the spirit of the <em>Two Month Review<\/em>. Whether you\u2019ve read the book or not, you\u2019ll come away from this informed and entertained. (And probably wishing you <em>had<\/em> read the book.)<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the <em>video<\/em> recording of this episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YRpS728nQbM\">YouTube,<\/a> and while you\u2019re there, subscribe to Chad\u2019s channel and stop by next Monday, April 9th at 9pm eastern to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Stmo_bS5qc\">talk with Chad, Brian, and special guest Stiliana Milkova.<\/a> They\u2019ll be discussing \u201cAn Elementary Physics of Sorrow\u201d and the \u201cConclusion,\u201d and probably touching on Milkova\u2019s literary interests, which include Russian Symbolist erotic poetry and Elena Ferrante.<\/p>\n<p>As always, <em>The Physics of Sorrow<\/em> (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/the-physics-of-sorrow\">website.<\/a> Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to comment on this episode\u2014or on the book in general\u2014either 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>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood,<\/a> for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And be sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rcordas\">Rachel Cordasco<\/a> as well for more book information\u2014especially about speculative fiction.<\/p>\n<p>And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">clicking here.<\/a> And be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/two-month-review\/id1253564436\">leave us a review on iTunes!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music for this season of Two Month Review is <a href=\"https:\/\/splendorandmisery.bandcamp.com\/track\/stars-and-babies\">Stars and Babies<\/a> by Splendor and Misery, featuring Georgi\u2019s translator, Angela Rodel!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6445796\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ffaf46\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Rachel Cordasco from Speculative Fiction in Translation and the Wisconsin Historical Society Press joined Chad and Brian for a fun conversation about part VII of Georgi Gospodinov\u2019s The Physics of Sorrow. 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