International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist reaction

Here are the 6 books of translated fiction shortlisted for the International Booker 2024 and my reading plan. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Books discussed & purchase links:

Not a River by Selva Almada, translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Michael Hofmann
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178...

The Details by Ia Genberg, translated from Swedish by Kira Josefsson
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978103...

Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated from Dutch by Sarah Timmer Harvey
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated from Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183...

White Nights by Urszula Honek, translated from the Polish by Kate Webster
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178...


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:17 The shortlist
1:03 Kairos
1:43 Crooked Plow
2:42 The Details
3:53 Not a River
4:50 Mater 2 10
5:54 What I'd Rather Not Think About
7:08 White Nights
8:47 The House on Via Gemito
9:52 Conclusion



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