{"id":433052,"date":"2020-07-24T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=433052"},"modified":"2023-06-29T02:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T06:39:15","slug":"tmr-12-8-annas-sergei-and-anyas-city-the-book-of-anna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2020\/07\/24\/tmr-12-8-annas-sergei-and-anyas-city-the-book-of-anna\/","title":{"rendered":"TMR 12.8 \u201cAnna\u2019s Sergei and Anya\u2019s City\u201d [THE BOOK OF ANNA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final part of season 12 kicks off with Chad and Brian discussing the first part of Carmen Boullosa&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Book of Anna<\/em>, translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee and published by Coffee House. Chad gives a brief recap of Leo Tolstoy&#8217;s novella,\u00a0<em>Anna Karenina<\/em>, then they discuss how and what type of sequel this is, get into the two different storylines\u2014revolution and Anna&#8217;s children\u2014and end with a discussion of the metafictional elements and the way in which this book plays off of Nabokov&#8217;s <em>Bend Sinister.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s Anna song is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QFvgHIJrEQ\">Anna<\/a>&#8221; by Will Butler. (The video for which stars Emma Stone.)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to <em>watch<\/em> the conversation, you can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U06UFq9fXQw\">YouTube<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCicUncIFZZEdqt8pka0U05g?view_as=subscriber\">all our past episodes<\/a>. Next week we&#8217;ll discuss part two, \u201cBloody Sunday\u201d (pgs 74-98). You can watch it live next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CTPOfJip5GE\">Wednesday, July 29nd<\/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 random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to order Brian&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/products\/joytime-killbox\"><em>Joytime Killbox<\/em><\/a>, which is now officially available at better bookstores everywhere thanks to BOA Editions.<\/p>\n<p>You can also support this podcast and\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>of Open Letter&#8217;s activities by making a tax-deductible donation through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1676\/giving19\/giving19.aspx?sid=1676&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=712&amp;cid=1541&amp;appealcode=15U2Y\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15339050\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final part of season 12 kicks off with Chad and Brian discussing the first part of Carmen Boullosa&#8217;s\u00a0The Book of Anna, translated from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee and published by Coffee House. 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