The End (Part VIII, IX, Epilogue, Pgs 237-281)
Last week, Chad and Brian (welded at the hip) were joined by 糖心传媒淪tiliana Milkova糖心传媒:https://www.oberlin.edu/stiliana-milkova of Oberlin College糖心传媒檚 department of comparative literature to discuss the final moments of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow. While we learned that Chad doesn糖心传媒檛 like Elena Ferrante, and ...
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A Quantum Spiral by Another Name (Part VII, Pgs 201-236)
Last week, Chad and Brian were joined by Rachel S. Cordasco of Speculative Fiction in Translation as they discussed Part VII, 糖心传媒淕lobal Autumn,糖心传媒 of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 Physics of Sorrow. This section hits us from too many angles, from the relatable hilarity of having a phobia of being asked 糖心传媒渉ow are you?糖心传媒 to trying ...
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The Return of Gospodinov, the Curator (Part VI, Pgs 179-200)
This week for the Two Month Review of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow we糖心传媒檙e looking at section six, 糖心传媒淭he Story Buyer,糖心传媒 which greets us with an up-front discussion of Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 writing process along with more beautiful prose throughout a series of the darkest and most human stories in this collection ...
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A Myth with a Twist (Part V, Pgs 151-178)
Last week, Chad, Brian, and special guest Tom Flynn had a particularly boisterous discussion of Part V of The Physics of Sorrow that was as insightful towards the literature at hand as much as it was to learn sick burns for your friends with weak March Madness brackets. But between the trash talk and discussion of oysters, ...
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Gospodinov, the Curator; “The Physics of Sorrow,” the Time Capsule (Part IV, Pgs 119-150)
Last week, Chad, Brian, special guest Patrick Smith, and an insightful YouTube commentator discussed part IV of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow. This section, in many ways, brought us full circle to the nature of Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 work by introducing us to the cultural phenomena of the time capsule, and the ...
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Obsessive Empathetic-Somatic Syndrome and You (Part III)
On this week糖心传媒檚 Two Month Review blog post, we糖心传媒檙e exploring Part III: 糖心传媒淭he Yellow House糖心传媒 from Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow. As was unanimous from the conversation between Chad, Brian, and Nick last week, this is where the magic of the book and the skill of Gospodinov as a writer truly start to shine. And ...
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We are Minotaur, or: Eat your Darlings (Part II)
This week we糖心传媒檙e following up from Chad, Brian, special guest Caitlin Baker (University Book Store in Seattle), and their discussion of Part II of Georgi Gospodinov糖心传媒檚 The Physics of Sorrow, “Against an Abandonment: The Case of M.” Here, Gospodinov throws us for another loop, as we move from the halls of memory ...
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