TMR 32.3: “The Subordination of Fingers and Thumbs To ******” [Tristram Shandy]
On this week’s episode, which covers Volume III of Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Brian shares some weird stuff about geese from Rabelais along with an AI-created reading list on the “evolution of metafiction.” And all three co-hosts talk about how fun this book is to read, but also wonder what the book’s overall “joke” might be. They also discuss noses (or “noses”), “The Author’s Preface” and Macedonio Fernández, and some of the novel’s wordplay.
Next week’s episode will cover Volume IV. If you want to follow along, the complete schedule can be found…
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