Writer Ana Gavrilovska joins us to talk about Turtle Diary written by Russell Hoban. We discuss middle age, loneliness, romance, Godlessness, and, of course, the symbolic resonance of turtles.
References:
Ninotchka
Pagliacci
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
I Heart Huckabees
The Swimmer
King Kong
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