Oana Aristide on satire, space dreams and fiction

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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