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Culture Chat: Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and friends write a novel
Feb 16, 2024
36 authors, including Margaret Atwood and John Grisham, collaborate on a novel called 'Fourteen Days'. The podcast explores whether the book successfully works as a novel or falls more under the category of unrelated stories. The speakers express mixed feelings towards the book but appreciate some of the stories. They also discuss the reluctance to revisit COVID-related stories and share their thoughts on publishing experiments, biopics, films, and the disappearance of snow days due to virtual schooling.
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- The collaborative novel '14 Days' by 36 authors, including Margaret Atwood and John Grisham, explores the experiment of different authors contributing to a single story.
- '14 Days' received criticism for the lack of varied voices and limited sense of connection between the stories, as well as the decision to set the novel during the COVID pandemic.
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