talking about translated fiction 🌏 my top international booker longlist picks

Описание: picked a few of the 13 amazing books nominated in the international booker prize longlist for 2025 to talk about! in-depth reviews coming one day soon 😇

0:00 intro
04:10 eurotrash
06:24 under the eye of the big bird
09:06 there's a monster behind the door
12:15 on the calculation of volume i
15:39 outro

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books mentioned:
• Eurotrash written by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles
• Under the Eye of the Big Bird written by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda
• There's a Monster Behind the Door written by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
• On the Calculation of Volume I written by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland


other folks mentioned:
• ‪@casskrug‬


other links & books mentioned:
• more info on the '25 international booker prize: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...
• Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
• The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
• Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
• I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman


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