Everything Sad Is Untrue: To the End

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

And so we come to the end. Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they dig into Daniel Nayeri’s novel as a whole (but especially the final passages, of course), the way book pays homage to the narrator’s mother, the complexity of his father’s visit, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm David Kern.
0:04.0	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.5	I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.7	You are listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Incurable Reader, on which we are discussing Daniel
0:12.9	Nairi's novel, Everything Sad is Untrue.
0:15.1	We are discussing, well, to the end of the book.
0:17.8	We're discussing the whole thing now.
0:19.1	We've read all the way.
0:20.7	We're completists. We've completed the book. And now we're going to discuss it as a whole.
0:26.3	Next week, that means we are going to be doing a Q and A episode. I've got something related to that that I need to ask you guys here in a minute.
0:34.6	But first, Sean, how are you?
0:40.3	I'm well. Thank you. How are you today?
0:49.4	I'm well, thank you. How are you today? Oh. Want to play Shadow? I see where this could go.
0:54.1	I'm well. Thank you. How are you today? Heidi. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking.
0:56.0	You're welcome. Shut it down.
1:00.1	Thanks for answering. Okay. So here's my question that I have for the Q&A thing.
1:06.8	We got lots to talk about today. Lots of things to bring up. Lots of things to discuss.
1:13.9	But next week's the Q&A. And Heidi, are you ready for some big news related to the Q&A?
1:15.7	Yes, I am.
1:17.4	I have no idea what you're about to say right now.
1:18.6	This is not a gag.
1:20.0	There's not.
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