Nerdette Book Club: 'Piranesi'

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It’s time for our March Book Club panel! This month we are discussing ‘Piranesi,’ Susanna Clarke’s long-awaited second novel. It’s a strange and compelling tale that will keep you wondering even after it ends. Joining us to unpack it are V.E. Schwab, author of (among many other things) ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,’ and Madeline Miller, author of ‘Circe’ and ‘Song of Achilles.’ Listen now!

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0:37.0	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerdat Book Club.
0:38.1	It's just like a regular book club, except you don't even have to read the book if you don't want to. This month's selection
0:41.6	is Susanna Clark's Piranesi. It's about Piranasi, a man who lives in a very strange house.
0:47.4	That is all I'm going to say at the moment. Before we get started, this is your spoiler warning. If you have not read the book yet and you don't
0:56.2	want to hear spoilers, come back when you have read the book. If you love spoilers and you haven't
1:01.0	read the book, then welcome. We're glad to have you. Here to talk about this book with me are two of
1:06.2	my very favorite writers. We have the author of Song of Achilles and Circe, Madeline Miller. Madeline,
1:12.7	hello. Hello. Thank you so much for having me. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited to have you.
1:17.7	I feel like we should do a full disclosure right here and say that you did write a quote at the
1:21.5	front of the book. So we know what your opinion is before we even start. Yeah, speaking of spoilers.
1:30.9	Exactly. We also have the author of another nerd at book club pick, The Invisible Life of Addy LaRue, Victoria Schwab. Victoria, hello.
1:36.0	Hi there. To be clear, the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is not your only book. We've made this
1:41.2	joke before, but you have written like approximately 17 dozen books.
1:45.2	That's a real number and a very accurate one. We will also be hearing from some of you,
1:51.7	dear listeners. Let's get a little preview of what that's going to sound like. Hi, Nurdet. This is
1:56.1	Carrie from Boston. Bethany in Fresno, California. Lucy from Salt Lake City. It's Anne here from the Netherlands.
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