{"id":403762,"date":"2018-08-09T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=403762"},"modified":"2018-08-08T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:39:42","slug":"two-month-review-5-06-fox-by-dubravka-ugresic-the-devils-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2018\/08\/09\/two-month-review-5-06-fox-by-dubravka-ugresic-the-devils-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review: #5.06: FOX by Dubravka Ugresic (&#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Garden&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Mitchell\u2014who wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymptotejournal.com\/criticism\/dubravka-ugresic-fox\/\">this great review of\u00a0<\/a><em>Fox\u00a0<\/em>for\u00a0<em>Asymptote\u2014<\/em>joined Chad and Brian this week to talk about the heartbreaking (and semi-profane) ending to &#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Garden,&#8221; the third part of Dubrakva Ugresic&#8217;s latest novel. From the idea of a small ping singling one&#8217;s eventual crack-up to peeing on the side of the road as you burn it all down, this episode has it all.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the <em>video<\/em> recording of this episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiGKWiw1yrg\">YouTube,<\/a> and while you\u2019re there, subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">Two Month Review channel<\/a> and stayed tuned for the next broadcast, in which we&#8217;ll be talking about the last half of Part III of\u00a0&#8220;The Devil&#8217;s Garden,&#8221; pages 144-183.<\/p>\n<p>As always, <em>Fox<\/em> (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/fox\">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>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood,<\/a> for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdkmitchell\">Pete Mitchell<\/a>\u00a0for info on soccer, international literature, and other Twitter-type stuff.<\/p>\n<p>And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/category\/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> It really helps people to discover the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s episode opens with the theme song to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6rpBsXPl7s0&amp;t=56s\"><em>Falling Down<\/em><\/a>, and ends with part of the theme song from <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nPJETQ7ckTI\">For Love or Money<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>starring Michael J. 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