In a recent event called One Nightstand, celebrity readers such as author and musician Michelle Zauner discussed their favorite books and the personal connections they have with them. Zauner shared her experiences with Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon and Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, noting how her journey coincided with her reading. She explored themes of time and life choices reflected in these novels, including her struggles with David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Despite its challenges, she embraces books that carry unique reputations and meanings, emphasizing the depth they add to her life.
Like a fine wine, I like to pair my books with my travels. So I was going to Madrid for the first time and read Death in the Afternoon [by Ernest Hemingway].
It's a book about the passage of time and the meaning of life [where] you're kind of unsure if he's actually convalescing or if these doctors are quacks.
[ Infinite Jest] took me about six weeks of very regimented reading...so much of it is made up of footnotes in this impossibly tiny font.
I genuinely think it's a great novel but I also enjoy books that are an 'eye roll' or have some kind of strange connotation behind it.
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