The International Booker Prize celebrates translated literature from across the world that have been published in the UK or Ireland in the last year. In this episode, Mhairie and Nox split the six shortlisted titles, read them, and share their thoughts with one another. If reading more translated lit is on your bookish bucket list, get your TBRs ready!

 

Books/Resources Mentioned: 

The International Booker Prize

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

Heartlamp by Banu Mushtaq

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre

On the Calculation of Volume: Book 1 by Solvej Balle

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

Also translated by Sophie Hughes:

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

 

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by Amarissa

 

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