Episode 65 - "Rakesfall" by Vajra Chandrasekera

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenging themes of 'Rakesfall' by Vajra Chandrasekera as the season concludes.

We close out this season by discussing "Rakesfall" by Vajra Chandrasekera. This might be one of the toughest books to have a straightforward conversation about that we've done, but we hope our chit chat is still enjoyable to listen to. Vajra's Unbuddhism essay: https://vajra.me/2021/10/27/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%9E%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B0%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%B8-unbuddhism/ WE'RE TAKING A VACATION! The Infinite Library will return in mid-June. We'll share next season's schedule before then. Stay Cool, Bookheads!

People in this episode

Host: John Hagele

Topics covered

• book discussion
• literary analysis
• season finale
• Vajra Chandrasekera
• Rakesfall
• Unbuddhism

Keywords

• Rakesfall
• Vajra Chandrasekera
• book discussion
• literary analysis
• Unbuddhism
• season finale

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Rakesfall, Unbuddhism

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