About this episode

This episode discusses 'The Antidote' by Karen Russell, a novel set in a fictional Nebraska town during the Great Depression.

The One Book One Nebraska selection for this year is “The Antidote” by Karen Russell. Set in a fictional Nebraska town during the Great Depression, the novel looks at a struggling rural community and what people choose to forget.

Topics covered

• Great Depression
• rural community
• memory
• fiction
• Nebraska literature

Keywords

• The Antidote
• Karen Russell
• Nebraska
• Great Depression
• fiction
• rural community
• memory

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Antidote

Places: Nebraska

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