Sounds amazing! Definitely have to pick it up ... After reading Milorad Pavic Dictionary of the Khazars, I bumped into the fascinating real figure Claude Bragdon; a Rochester-based architect and spiritualist who wrote this wild little book called a Primer of Higher Space in which he deconstructs the tesseract and the mathematics behind the 'Magic Cube' to prove the existence of the afterlife. For years, I noodled around with an idea for a book that was going to be 81 super short chapters that would cross narratives like Bragdon's cube and Pavic's hyperlinked Dictionary. I ended up adapting some of those pieces for the story within a story (within a story) novel I'm just finishing now for my MFA at St Francis, but maybe some day I'll go back to that idea. Loving the sound of Same Bed ... thanks!
Curious if you’re aware that the movie The Whale also discusses the Moby Dick whale scene’s value extensively, and if you were inspired by the film to write about this?
Sounds amazing! Definitely have to pick it up ... After reading Milorad Pavic Dictionary of the Khazars, I bumped into the fascinating real figure Claude Bragdon; a Rochester-based architect and spiritualist who wrote this wild little book called a Primer of Higher Space in which he deconstructs the tesseract and the mathematics behind the 'Magic Cube' to prove the existence of the afterlife. For years, I noodled around with an idea for a book that was going to be 81 super short chapters that would cross narratives like Bragdon's cube and Pavic's hyperlinked Dictionary. I ended up adapting some of those pieces for the story within a story (within a story) novel I'm just finishing now for my MFA at St Francis, but maybe some day I'll go back to that idea. Loving the sound of Same Bed ... thanks!
Yay for another Ed Park novel!
Taking notes on this one! ✍️✍️✍️
I've had this book on my radar for a while, and was about to go pick up my copy today! Great timing, great interview!
Curious if you’re aware that the movie The Whale also discusses the Moby Dick whale scene’s value extensively, and if you were inspired by the film to write about this?