6:10 it’s very tiresome - that’s showing what it’s like in drug party life

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Thank you for making me discover this author who's never been translated to French. Have you ever reviewed Mariana Enriquez? I've read a few short stories from the two collections available in French (they are in English too) and she goes more into real horror but still within the general tradition of Argentinian literature.

Towards the end, after the Twin Peaks reference, the journaliste Rosa and Fate meet says that "nobody pays any attention to these crimes, but within them lies the secret of the universe". That provides a lot of atmosphere and ambiance.

I also like how the title “Aura” is the girls name, and sounds a lot like (Ahora) meaning “now”… since a big theme of the story is time

I really like this book. Read it in French.

Ur a madman for this upload. Three hrs. Good job n thnks

Thank you for promoting brilliant work 🙏🏼

I hate you. No one else fattens my TBR or flattens my wallet more effectively than you do.

Wonderful review as always! Have you ever thought to read / talk about any novel by Nikos Kazantzakis? The Last Temptation or Christ Recrucified? Greetings from Greece!

That sounds irresistible. Bought it!

Borges was a great teacher/lecturer, as a writer of ficciones he is overrated. He may have been a good poet. He could not or did not, perhaps was not capable to elaborate his ideas, he was too much a man of ideas to write fiction.

I've been on a bit of a Borges non-fiction kick, so the "liked by Borges and Bioy Casares" part immediately intrigued me. This sounds so interesting! Earlier in the year I did a bit of a Latin American literature deep-dive (sadly limited by what is translated into English) and realised I like the books which are away from the magical realism label. Contemporary authors I liked were Roberto Bolano (2666), Benjamin Labatut (When We Cease...) but my true interest was Borges and the "offbeat" authors around that time. Borges, Macedonio Fernandez (what was that book? 😁), Augusto Monterroso (excellent stories) were the ones I gravitated towards. Ernesto Sabato's On Heroes and Tombs was nice. Bioy Casares' Invention of Morel too. But really it's Borges and Monterroso. This sounds like an intriguing candidate for joining those two perhaps? Thank you so much for the discussion and happy reading!

Wonderful! Thanks for the review! Happy you liked it! Argentine literature is a faithful reflection of the roads traveled by the author during economic, political and cultural ups and downs of each era. I strongly recommend Manuel Puig. "Boquitas Pintadas" is an excellent example. Highly recommended! Greetings from an Argentinean 😃.

At this point I'm sure there must be some kind of Ethernet cable running underneath my household and this channel, possibly tapped by the fbi

Thank you for sharing your review of this book as well as other recommendations. It seems like a high quality text-I cant’t wait to to get a hold of a copy! I’ve been on a nerd binge of books about syntax so your thoughts are timely. Thank you.

What a treat! So close to my finishing catching up on his most recent releases too, quite serendipitous. Thanks to both of you for being so wonderful 👍

100% was unaware of Adam Levin until Chris covered him on the channel some time ago. Since then, I’ve read all his work and this interview feels full circle. Also came across a copy of Novel Explosives in the wild! Well done, Chris. Keep going for us nerds

It took me a couple of days to watch this interview, but it was totally worth it. You're becoming the spiritual successor of Michael Silverblatt, only blonder.

Woo hoo I broke my finger so I have to Type this with my tongue. My phone is unclean As well

Floyd Henderson wants a copy

See if you can get Mircea Cartarescu on!

Don't waste your time with Gulag Archipelago. It's fascistic propaganda that's celebrated by right-wing grifters like Jordan Peterson. Total garbage.

Loved this!! Can’t wait to watch more of this series.

Bought “Bubblegum,” cause of Leaf By Leaf.

I’ve been struggling through finishing volume 1… I’ve hit the James wall but I’m like 6/8 done… ugh fine I’ll slog through the rest. Something about book 4 just made me forget how to read James, the circuitous conversation between Milly and Susan regarding why Condrip would want Milly to tell Kate she knew Merton.

Great chat! Read Levin for the first time last year with Mount Chicago. Reckon I want to get through both The Instructions and Bubblegum before this year's out.

That was either like 60 minutes in acid or dateline on meth, I cannot decide

“Slaves, Hebrews born to serve To the Pharaoh Heed to his every word Live in fear Faith in the unknown One The Deliverer Wait, something must be done Four hundred years Now let my people go Land of Goshen Go, I will be with thee Bush of fire Blood running red and strong Down the Nile Plague, darkness three days long Hail to fire Die By my hand I creep across the land Killing first-born man Die By my hand I creep across the land Killing first-born man I rule the midnight air The Destroyer Born, I shall soon be there Deadly mass I creep the steps and floor Final darkness Blood, lamb’s blood-painted door I shall pass So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here By The Chosen One So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first-born Pharaoh’s son” -James Hetfield

this is THE most important video on YT

Go get Pynchon.

Wow

I'm always down for an Adam Levin interview. I hope we can expect more interviews on the channel in the future.

Fantastic!

Yes, Jesse Ball -- that would be a great choice for an conversation. He will bring to your (our) community a different - more european, more philosophicall - flavour. Also, the way he writes will blow your mind (for example: he wrote his "Autoportrait" in 24h straight). He's a great writer - in the vein of Kafka, Ágota Kristóf or Daniil Kharms - and a especially interesting human being!

I read Bubblegum on your recommendation a year ago and it shot up my favorite books list. Can’t wait for this new edition of The Instructions! Love this interview and cannot wait for more of these. Levin is a favorite author of mine already. Seems like Vollmann is inevitable now too…surely!

Fasinating conversation! Thanks for introducing me to Adam's work, Chris!

Bro! This is wonderful.

Wow, this has to be one of my favorite author interviews. Haven’t listened to enough Silverblatt to make a fair comparison, but this was really engaging even though I never read Levin prior to this.

Chris, your abilities as a reader continue to astound. And you also make for a great interviewer. This was a very interesting watch. Looking forward to further entries in this series.

I scored Bubblegum on a discount rack a while ago, this might just be the impetus to crack open that gigantic pink rectangle.

This is awesome looking forward to more

This is great! I discovered Adam Levin from your video covering his work, and he's become one of my all time favorite writers. Great questions! Thank you so much for this.

What a treat! Was stoked to see this pop up.

Probably the best way ever to promote an author. Love it Chris

I love how much he smokes

Looking forward to any other conversations with authors you can have! Levin seems like such a great guy and conversationalist, the perfect person to talk to starting off the series. Definitely will have to check out his work.

The Instructions was the first book I read last year, and my favorite. All year long, nothing topped it for me.

Oh h*ck yeah

Awesome