![]() They’re all so intoxicating and it feels really mythic but what I liked about the last section of the book is it’s not like what am I really inside but I’m going to choose and keep going until I find the one that resonates with me. Can I be a really insane modern artist or an astrophysicist or a gambling cad? If you knew that much when you were so little, what are all the potentials open to you? He’s really exploring that. You choose how to apply these crazy skills and knowledge and curiosities that are the bedrock of your childhood. ![]() The question is: you choose your destiny. It becomes less about who his father really is-that’s not the question. And that’s how the first two-thirds of this book felt, especially the opening that is this beautifully written, mythic tale of geniuses. Julia Pistell: A lot of our favorite books as a culture are about your destiny and once you find out who your family is or what Hogwarts house you’re in, that’s your personality. ![]() Recently named the Best Book of the 2000s by Vulture, the Literary Disco trio debates the novel’s current relevance, the pressure placed upon child prodigies, and how we deal with the family we’re given. ![]() ![]() This week on Literary Disco, Julia Pistell, Rider Strong, and Tod Goldberg discuss Helen Dewitt’s novel The Last Samurai, which, they are compelled to point out, has nothing to do with the horrible Tom Cruise movie of the same name. ![]()
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