GREAT BOOKS 36: Doon Arbus's The Caretaker, with Doon Arbus

<p>Something different today: I was lucky to speak with writer Doon Arbus about her debut novel, <em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Caretaker-Doon-Arbus/dp/0811229491/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Caretaker</a>,</em> published September 2020 by New Directions books. It's a spell-binding, intricate and haunting tale of a world-renowned philosopher's house museum filled with his collection of objects, and the mysterious man who becomes the museum's caretaker. In our conversation, Doon and I discussed the idea that objects carry their own histories with them, how we behave in museums, and whether it's necessary to carefully curate or, perhaps, to completely destroy a biography in order to appreciate an artist's or writer's work. </p> <p>If you're interested, for the audio book the amazing Alan Cummings lends his voice to Doon Arbus's book in the  <a href= "../../../content/item-details/item_id/lends%20his%20voice%20to%20the%20absorbing%20tale." target="_blank" rel="noopener">audio version of <em>The Caretaker</em>.</a></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir= "auto">///////////////</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Follow us:</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">TWITTER - <a href= "https://twitter.com/ulibaer">@ulibaer</a> </span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir= "auto">INSTAGRAM - <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ulinyc/">@ulinyc</a> </span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">(THINK ABOUT IT PODCAST) - <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/thinkaboutit.podcast/">@thinkaboutit.podcast</a></span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir= "auto">////////////////</span></p> <p class="p1">Listen to the Podcast on:</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">APPLE PODCASTS - <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-about-it/id1438358902"> Think About It Podcast</a></span></p> <p class="p1">SPOTIFY - <a href=