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I'm so appreciative of this review. A while back I'd heard of the premise for Dusapin's Winter In Sokcho but I couldn't remember the title or author so it was lost to me forever....until now. Looking up the name helped me remember!

Book tube is generally extremely left leaning, we all know how terrible the election result is, but what good does it do for a book channel to talk about the election? Like I said, we all know, we’d learn nothing from random book tubers speaking about it. We can go to political commentary channels for that, everything you want talked about is talked about by those channels, it doesn’t make sense that booktube should also focus on the same thing.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. -Martin Niemöller

Great video! Thank you!

You raise some very pertinent questions. Thank you. The result of this election says a lot about the American electorate, does it not?

I admire you very much for speaking out as many have not! I will continue to support your channel and hope many others will join you as a sane voice in these troubling times.

I am thinking of starting a purely political channel.

Please watch Canadian Shawn Breathless Books In Search of Despair segment. He and his guest mince no words about last Tuesday.

Possibly because we already knew. Or read and follow it enough within our own families and friends IRL or maybe a lot of people are like when I grew up don't express every political detail publicly. Or neutral or because sometimes people address things for views and likes. Etc. Etc. NOONE is paying most booktubers so maybe some of us want this time for only the books we choose to discuss not out of duty. I'm a visual artist and a million times over the world thinks that artist have to reflect the times, which generally means the worst if times anything traumatic or life changing moments through struggle. It's exhausting we never get a chance or place to rest. Artist who paint nothing but flowers and trees are questioned like they are not creative enough because it doesn't reflect a dead body amongst the garden. Mostly though it's not for everyone to address we all sound like the same talking heads. Or it's just noones business what our views are. If it's a genuine concern for anyone let it be, but it's not the assignment of the day. We never know what people are doing offline to support what they believe in.

As an American commenting 4 day after the election, I have no answers to your questions that so many of us in the US have been wondering as well (and may I say am also embarrassed from the election outcomes). It is so flabbergasting to watch a Swede being far more educated on our US political climate and having far greater critical thinking skills than over half of people in my own country. May you transfer some of your intelligence onto my fellow americans lol (and thank you as always for your valuable insight. I'm just nodding my head aggressively throughout this entire video)

this list is so important now.

As Malaysian, it hit me. The case/scene describe about the migrant seem like a distance news I've read as a child. The descption of digging your own grave resonance the biggest human trafficking case happen in Malaysia/Thailand border and it happen from where I'm from, Perlis. Precisely a place named, Wang Kelian. What Tash Aw describe 'nobody notice in a plain sign' is true. These camp just meters away from a 'kampung' and my father used to go with his mountain bike around the same perimeter. But, nobody even the villager aware of those temporary camp. The villager heard a questionable sound here and there and did't think much of it. Brace youself before reading the report or news article about this. The statment they 'just a body' is lament in this case.

I said that s*** back in 2016

Thank you for this. Critical thinking skills, logic, and empathy are vital in these dreary times. Sending positive vibes your way as well! 💙🤘

We’ve all been asking these same questions for years.

I agree. It’s incomprehensible from this side of the Atlantic

I agree is very important this election and who is the winner

Amen!

Great break down. I appreciate your perspective.

Patria, the tv show was breathtakingly beautiful.

It’s excellent and scary.

Är det inte bättre att åka hem och hjälpa sitt folk.

I find it strange that every example of current autocracies you cite from her book, that are busy crushing their people's rights, are on the political left (this is before you get around to discussing Orban and Poland, which I assume to be your own commentary). You then segue to the danger posed by Donald Trump, who is nobody's leftist, and whose stance on China has been more hardline than that of any Western leader in forty years. Not to say that an authoritarian rightist figure could not arise; but 1) this "dangerous" man already spent four years in the White House, and the actual period of his presidency failed to produce anything akin to an American Reich; and 2) the weaponization of federal beauracracies like the IRS, FBI and the State Department, the public arrest of poltical opposition figures in SWAT-like takedowns for alleged process crimes(!); and the attempt to establish a Government "Truth" Board (the official office of disinformation control)--all of these practices of the past dozen years have been stunningly one-sided. That is why so many Americans, unpalatable as Mr. Trump may personally be, cling to him as their only defense against a cabal that is transparently attempting to seize total control of the very democracy they claim is under threat. They are correct: it is!

sounds like trump's and johnson's "little secret"...not certifying the votes

There is NO genocide taking place in Ukraine. There is in Gaza. Where is the hack on that issue?

She's a total hack. They find lack of democracy everywhere but not in the hegemon wannabe and plutocracy at home. If you want to read a GREAT book, Sheldon Wolin's Democracy inc. is one I recommend and more important for the Western audience. Opposition in Venezuela was literally aiding death squads in El Salvador in the 80s. Not a word about that from 'informed sources'

THE US IS BANKRUPT PHYSICALLY, MORALLY, SPIRITUALLY, ACADEMICALLY, MENTALLY, WRAPPED IN A BUBBLE OF MASS MEDIA DISTORTION SO DISTANT FROM REALITY THAT FANTASYLAND IS NOW ITS TRUTH AND EVERYONE KEEPS THEIR MOUTHS SHUT IN CASE THE ZIONIST TRAINED POLICE FORCES SHOW UP AT YOUR FRONT DOOR ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH MILITARY TOYS FROM FOREVER WARS...

all lies

I used to be a fan of Anne Applebaum back when she wrote Gulag, but mentioning Trump and Orban in the same sentence as Xi and Maduro is laughable and shows she's evolved into a mere partisan hack. Give me one example of legitimate oppression by Donald Trump against anyone lawfully present in the United States during his presidency. I'll wait. If Applebaum wants to regain some credibility, maybe she should write about the lunatic authoritarianism of so many governments during the COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates that destroyed millions of lives and permanently ended medical autonomy. "My body, my choice"? Keep dreaming! Perhaps she should also write about the totalitarian resurgence of censorship by the American and British Left against so-called "misinformation" (which means literally ANYTHING the leftwing governments disagree with to any extent no matter how slight), which includes government pressure against private tech platforms as well as outright prosecutions. If Applebaum thinks the Left is going to exempt her from this insanity for very long, then she should reread her prior works about Soviet history - before they're banned as "misinformation" of course!

who do think wants to regime change fella your country USA who INVADED IRAQ LIBYA AFGHANISTAN YUGASLAVIA you talk nonsense America is the curse of the world putin is the good guy.

Sounds like a well-written and highly topical book

Sooo, is this her selfbiography then? Considering she's part of the neocon lunatic psychopaths trying to rule the world?

"as we would say in Sweden achtzehn to zwanzig..." ;) But seriously, very interesting review. I'm hooked. And intriguing detail about the title.

I'm interested in this book. It sounds amazing

Thank you for this review, Rainer. I have Anne Applebaum's book Twilight of Democracy on my list of books to read. I will add this one as well. Very frightening...

The far left brought back the far right. Thanks.

Small town on the way back to Stockholm looks like Öregrund!

It’s a book that doesn’t give it to you on a plate. In fact you may have to bring your own plate. It will however hold your hand. Feel the gaps. Breathe. Give it space. Be held. You will get out of it what it let’s you put in. Stunning book.

Land of the free and the brave...yeh right, with book bans coming down the pipeline

I’ll be adding some of these to my reading list.

I think that's an interesting list and a great video. It feels like I so often align with your taste, so I was surprised you DNFed My Friends. I loved it. Also really interested in Catalina.

Thought you'd love Martyr!. It's a masterpiece. DNF'd My Friends? That's shocking. I can never get a handle on what your reading tastes are. If you end up loving Miranda July, well, that'll be something to see!

James is very much eligible for the Pulitzer! Its eligibility window is in 2024, but the prize won't be awarded until spring 2025.

Thank you❤ Nothing mentioned other than James ,which is already on my list. My TBR is so long that I'm happy I have no desire to add another book.

I just finished Held this week and while I can’t say that I loved it, I did like it a lot. The cover copy really misrepresents the book and I think creates expectations that Michael’s never intended.

A heartwarming story, a beautiful book for children, and the relentless push for isolation, driven by ignorance and dogma. Humanity is capable of so many things, both beautiful and hideous...

I agree with you: too much litirary, too much lirical and difficult to connect. I prefer James, My friends by Hisham Matar and Wandering stars

I'm very interested in reading "Night Train to Odesa." Looks like it's available October 31st in the states.

About ten days ago Sphen the Australian Gay Penguin died, he was with his partner Magic for six years and together raised two adopted chicks.

I agree with you 100%.