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11. MEETINGS with Malcolm Gladwell, Sally Rooney and Arundhati Roy

11. MEETINGS with Malcolm Gladwell, Sally Rooney and Arundhati Roy

The Waterstones Podcast vor 6 Jahren

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Malcolm Gladwell brings fascinating anecdotes and insight to why
humans are so bad at reading each other on first meeting, drawing
on events that end in tragedy, wrongful conviction or compromised
security. We also look at another meaning to meeting entirely:
that between author and character. Sally Rooney talks about the
absurdity of ascribing real psychology to figments of her
imagination, people who may not exist and yet whom she feels she
knows intimately. Arundhati Roy takes things even further by
revealing the unique relationship she has with the characters she
creates and the way in which they influence decisions about the
books they inhabit.

Books mentioned: Talking To Strangers, Normal People, The
Ministry of Utmost Happiness, 1913, The Psychopath Test, Just
Kids.