The Re-Enchantment Book Club

The Dead by James Joyce

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In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss our thought-tormented age, early 20th century Irish politics, the polarizing Modernist legacy of James Joyce, the magic of Thin Places, the tension between a blaze of passion and a life of long fidelity, and whether or not it’s ok to bake a little baby Jesus into your King Cake for this year’s Epiphany Feast.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

 

  • In Defense of Sanity by GK Chesterton
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
  • You Are not Your Own by Alan Noble 
  • Thin Places
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace

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