About this episode

Georgina Godwin speaks with Oana Aristide about her journey from economics to writing fiction, focusing on themes of satire and communism.

Georgina Godwin speaks to Romania-born author Oana Aristide about communism, satire and fiction, while tracing her journey from macroeconomics and political advising to her latest novel, ‘Astronaut!’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Georgina Godwin

Guest: Oana Aristide

Topics covered

• satire
• fiction
• politics
• economics
• Romania
• literature

Keywords

• Oana Aristide
• satire
• fiction
• communism
• literature
• Astronaut!
• political advising
• Romania

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Astronaut!

Places: Romania, communism

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