Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
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and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
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Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
Follow us on Instagram: @desperatereaderspod
and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
XXXIV. Life Is Hard, but You Must Be Harder: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Desperate Readers
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1 year ago
XXXIV. Life Is Hard, but You Must Be Harder: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
This week, Niko and Tatiana read Woman at Point Zero by Egyptian feminist author and doctor Nawal El Saadawi, the "Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab world". Based on a true story, Woman at Point Zero recounts the life of Firdaus, a young prostitute on death row, allowing her to reclaim the meaning of her life and depict the lot of Egyptian women. Niko and Tatiana discuss consciousness, sex work, and the gaze of eyes.
Desperate Readers
Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
Follow us on Instagram: @desperatereaderspod
and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
