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27 Jul 2016 Conversations with Tyler Michael Orthofer on Why Fiction Matters
“I think The Prince is probably my favorite, or The Idiot, as it’s sometimes translated.”
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- 27 Jul 2016
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…Take like Harold Bloom’s list in the back of his book, the western canon of fiction, something like that, maybe a little broader. Yeah, no, I have difficulty with especially the verse epics. I’ve never finished the Aeneid, for example, or something like that. I have difficulty getting into some of those. I think, of the great authors, the one I have the most difficulty with is probably Dostoevsky. I’ve read most of those. I think The Prince is probably my favorite, or The Idiot, as it’s sometimes translated. I’m not a big fan of Dostoevsky. Tom G wrote this question in to me on Marginal Revolution: “Which are the first three books that come to mind in answer to the question, ‘What books made him feel really good after finishing them?’ Quickest answer desired.”…
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