{"id":430562,"date":"2020-04-23T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=430562"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:14:00","slug":"tmr-11-7-the-past-is-a-broken-toy-that-everyone-fixes-in-his-own-way-the-dreamed-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/04\/23\/tmr-11-7-the-past-is-a-broken-toy-that-everyone-fixes-in-his-own-way-the-dreamed-part\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 11.7: “The Past Is a Broken Toy That Everyone Fixes in His Own Way” [THE DREAMED PART]"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s episode brings us back to The Writer, unable to sleep, living near where Penelope’s house burned down (see:\u00a0The Invented Part<\/em>), and living off the fortunes of Penelope’s writings (RIP). There’s a great bit in this section about FBI agent Johnny Dancer and Vladimir Nabokov, there’s a horrifying (yet funny!) death scene, and an interesting translation question related to a bad joke. Plus, translator Will Vanderhyden gives us a few hints about what to expect in\u00a0The Remembered Part<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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Everyone already knows this week’s music, the video<\/a> of which brings back so so so many memories . . .<\/p>\n

If you’d prefer to watch<\/em> the conversation (and if you’re going to watch only one episode, I’d recommend this one), you can find it on YouTube<\/a> along with all our past episodes<\/a>. You can watch the April 29th episode (covering pages 307-362) here<\/a>. And you can discuss this book at the reactivated Goodreads Two Month Review Discussion Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow Open Letter,<\/a> Chad Post,<\/a> and Brian Wood<\/a> for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And follow Will Vanderhyden<\/a> on Twitter!<\/p>\n

Be sure to order Brian’s book, Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions. And you can get 20% off\u00a0The Dreamed Part<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by using the code 2MONTH at checkout. (Offer only good in the U.S., since we can’t ship overseas, but to be honest, we can’t ship right now! Order it from Bookshop.org<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

You can also support this podcast and\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter’s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n