Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer: Inner Lives Bursting With Color | The Big Book Project
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Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer: Inner Lives Bursting With Color | The Big Book Project
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Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer is a 700 page novel about a man who wakes in Guanajuato, Mexico, with his knowledge intact but no memory of who he is or how he got there. On this episode of The Big Book Project, host Lori Feathers chats with Jim to celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of his expansive novel, one of those rare, abundant books that rewards the most careful reading a person can give it.
00:00 A man who does not want his identity back
03:19 Waking in Guanajuato with no memory
03:56 Pessoa, Alvaro de Campos, and the poet of the absent self
11:07 Saramago and The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
13:56 Gabriela, the ATM card, and memory in reverse
17:52 Douchebag, the VC who killed his inner self
25:59 Gomez, Raymond, and the money-laundering caper
35:24 Clocks, Proust, and every way to look at time
44:20 Blindness, the doctor's wife, and seeing the contagion
46:17 Seven years, 3:30 a.m., and writing to be surprised
51:41 Abundance, color, and the inner life
01:02:19 Too many books and the hunt for the real thing