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EPISODE · May 11, 2025 · 2 MIN

"A Modest Proposal" , by Jonathan Swift , Revisited

from The Breakfast Podcast · host Patricia López Muñoz

It is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary current from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities.Today I am revisiting a classic piece of satire that’s as sharp today as it was nearly 300 years ago. That’s right, we’re talking about Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal". 

It is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary current from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities.Today I am revisiting a classic piece of satire that’s as sharp today as it was nearly 300 years ago. That’s right, we’re talking about Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal".

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