Is Mathias Énard’s latest book formally influenced by the Buddhist Wheel of Time, by Jewish undertaker guilds, by François Rabelais’s scatological and philosophical prose & linguistic wordplay, by Catholic altarpiece polyptych panel paintings, and by the scandalous diaries of a Polish anthropologist? The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild is dedicated to les pensées sauvages, to the wild thinkers, and today’s conversation is an exploration of Énard’s latest wild book, and of wild thinking itself.
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In the spirit of Énard’s latest book and our conversation about it, today’s BookShop is just as wide-ranging—with classics of anthropology, Buddhism, modern Arabic and French literature and of course, Énard’s own books as well.
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