A Discussion on the New Novel 'Palaces of the Crow' (w/ Ray Nayler) | The Chris Hedges Report

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Chris Hedges interviews Ray Nayler about his novel 'Palaces of the Crow', exploring themes of survival and the impact of World War II.

“We tell the stories that perpetuate the narrative or the myth we want, and we erase the others,” Chris Hedges states in this interview with Ray Nayler about his new book, “Palaces of the Crow,” which centers around four teenagers from varying backgrounds who struggle to survive during World War II. The war, Nayler says, fundamentally reshaped the world geopolitically, technologically and socially in ways that have profoundly impacted the environment in which we live today. Critical lessons from that moment in time are being lost, with media and governments covering up the deep and long-lasting wounds inflicted upon tens of millions of people. Nayler says that “We can’t move away from that time period before understanding it.” During World War II people were trapped in unimaginably horrible circumstances and were forced to make difficult, and at times self-sacrificial, decisions. The story of the “ways in which people came together to protect their neighbors, to protect family members, to protect friends, to protect strangers” is rarely told, Nayler says. In Nayler’s novel, crows play an essential role in the story. Like humans, crows are social animals. He describes the crows’…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Hedges

Guest: Ray Nayler

Topics covered

• World War II
• literature
• survival
• geopolitics
• social impact
• environment

Keywords

• Palaces of the Crow
• Ray Nayler
• World War II
• survival
• geopolitics
• social impact
• crows

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Books & works: Palaces of the Crow

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