Podcasts about international booker prize

This week Grant and Brooke consider images as enhancements to memoir. Historically publishers have tended to regard images in memoir with reservation, but that's been changing in recent years. Guest Jennifer Croft's recent memoir, Homesick, is accompanied by her own Polaroids. When should photos be included, or central? And what are some other memoirs that have been improved by the addition of images? Whether to include images involves many considerations—from your reader, to style, to the interplay between words and image, and Jennifer Croft offers thoughtful insights around this and more. Jennifer Croft is the author of the illustrated memoir, Homesick, and the translator of Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's Flights, for which she won the 2018 International Booker Prize. She won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel The Extinction of Irena Rey, the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for Homesick. She is a founding editor of The Buenos Aires Review and has published her own work and numerous translations in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Granta, VICE, n+1, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, BOMB, and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

La vegetariana (채식주의자, Chaesikjuuija, 2007) de la escritora surcoreana Han Kang (nacida en 1970) es una novela perturbadora y poética que explora la rebelión del cuerpo, la locura y la violencia social a través de la historia de una mujer que decide dejar de comer carne, desencadenando una serie de eventos surrealistas y trágicos. Ganó el International Booker Prize en 2016, llevando la literatura coreana a un escenario global.El libro está dividido en tres partes, cada una narrada desde una perspectiva diferente:"La vegetariana" (narrado por el esposo de Yeong-hye):La protagonista, Yeong-hye, una mujer común y sumisa, tiene un sueño violento que la lleva a volverse vegetariana radical, rechazando toda forma de crueldad.Su decisión es interpretada como una "locura" por su familia, que intenta forzarla a comer carne."La mancha mongólica" (narrado por su cuñado, un artista obsesivo):El cuñado ve en el cuerpo de Yeong-hye un lienzo para su arte, proyectando sus fantasías sexuales y creativas.Escenas de extrema vulnerabilidad y performance artístico (como pintar flores en su piel desnuda)."Árboles en llamas" (narrado por su hermana, In-hye):Yeong-hye, ahora internada en un hospital psiquiátrico, cree que se está transformando en planta y deja de comer por completo.La hermana confronta su propia fragilidad al intentar entender la decisión de Yeong-hye."Crónicas Lunares di Sun" es un podcast cultural presentado por Irving Sun, que abarca una variedad de temas, desde la literatura y análisis de libros hasta discusiones sobre actualidad y personajes históricos. Se difunde en múltiples plataformas como Ivoox, Apple Podcast, Spotify y YouTube, donde también ofrece contenido en video, incluyendo reflexiones sobre temas como la meditación y la filosofía teosófica. Los episodios exploran textos y conceptos complejos, buscando fomentar la reflexión y el autoconocimiento entre su audiencia, los "Lunares", quienes pueden interactuar y apoyar el programa a través de comentarios, redes sociales y donaciones. AVISO LEGAL: Los cuentos, poemas, fragmentos de novelas, ensayos y todo contenido literario que aparece en Crónicas Lunares di Sun podrían estar protegidos por derecho de autor (copyright). Si por alguna razón los propietarios no están conformes con el uso de ellos por favor escribirnos al correo electrónico cronicaslunares.sun@hotmail.com y nos encargaremos de borrarlo inmediatamente. Si te gusta lo que escuchas y deseas apoyarnos puedes dejar tu donación en PayPal, ahí nos encuentras como @IrvingSun  https://paypal.me/IrvingSun?country.x=MX&locale.x=es_XC  Síguenos en:  Telegram: Crónicas Lunares di Sun  ⁠Crónicas Lunares di Sun - YouTube⁠ ⁠https://t.me/joinchat/QFjDxu9fqR8uf3eR⁠  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/cronicalunar/?modal=admin_todo_tour⁠  ⁠Crónicas Lunares (@cronicaslunares.sun) • Fotos y videos de Instagram⁠  ⁠https://twitter.com/isun_g1⁠  ⁠https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lODVmOWY0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz⁠  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4x2gFdKw3FeoaAORteQomp⁠  https://mx.ivoox.com/es/s_p2_759303_1.html⁠ https://tunein.com/user/gnivrinavi/favorites⁠ 

Jenna reviews the first two volumes from On The Calculation of Volumes by Solvej Balle. The first book in the septology by the Danish author has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna reviews the first two volumes from On The Calculation of Volumes by Solvej Balle. The first book in the septology by the Danish author has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

La vegetariana (채식주의자, Chaesikjuuija, 2007) de la escritora surcoreana Han Kang (nacida en 1970) es una novela perturbadora y poética que explora la rebelión del cuerpo, la locura y la violencia social a través de la historia de una mujer que decide dejar de comer carne, desencadenando una serie de eventos surrealistas y trágicos. Ganó el International Booker Prize en 2016, llevando la literatura coreana a un escenario global.El libro está dividido en tres partes, cada una narrada desde una perspectiva diferente:"La vegetariana" (narrado por el esposo de Yeong-hye):La protagonista, Yeong-hye, una mujer común y sumisa, tiene un sueño violento que la lleva a volverse vegetariana radical, rechazando toda forma de crueldad.Su decisión es interpretada como una "locura" por su familia, que intenta forzarla a comer carne."La mancha mongólica" (narrado por su cuñado, un artista obsesivo):El cuñado ve en el cuerpo de Yeong-hye un lienzo para su arte, proyectando sus fantasías sexuales y creativas.Escenas de extrema vulnerabilidad y performance artístico (como pintar flores en su piel desnuda)."Árboles en llamas" (narrado por su hermana, In-hye):Yeong-hye, ahora internada en un hospital psiquiátrico, cree que se está transformando en planta y deja de comer por completo.La hermana confronta su propia fragilidad al intentar entender la decisión de Yeong-hye."Crónicas Lunares di Sun" es un podcast cultural presentado por Irving Sun, que abarca una variedad de temas, desde la literatura y análisis de libros hasta discusiones sobre actualidad y personajes históricos. Se difunde en múltiples plataformas como Ivoox, Apple Podcast, Spotify y YouTube, donde también ofrece contenido en video, incluyendo reflexiones sobre temas como la meditación y la filosofía teosófica. Los episodios exploran textos y conceptos complejos, buscando fomentar la reflexión y el autoconocimiento entre su audiencia, los "Lunares", quienes pueden interactuar y apoyar el programa a través de comentarios, redes sociales y donaciones. AVISO LEGAL: Los cuentos, poemas, fragmentos de novelas, ensayos y todo contenido literario que aparece en Crónicas Lunares di Sun podrían estar protegidos por derecho de autor (copyright). Si por alguna razón los propietarios no están conformes con el uso de ellos por favor escribirnos al correo electrónico cronicaslunares.sun@hotmail.com y nos encargaremos de borrarlo inmediatamente. Si te gusta lo que escuchas y deseas apoyarnos puedes dejar tu donación en PayPal, ahí nos encuentras como @IrvingSun  https://paypal.me/IrvingSun?country.x=MX&locale.x=es_XC  Síguenos en:  Telegram: Crónicas Lunares di Sun  ⁠Crónicas Lunares di Sun - YouTube⁠ ⁠https://t.me/joinchat/QFjDxu9fqR8uf3eR⁠  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/cronicalunar/?modal=admin_todo_tour⁠  ⁠Crónicas Lunares (@cronicaslunares.sun) • Fotos y videos de Instagram⁠  ⁠https://twitter.com/isun_g1⁠  ⁠https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lODVmOWY0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz⁠  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4x2gFdKw3FeoaAORteQomp⁠  https://mx.ivoox.com/es/s_p2_759303_1.html⁠ https://tunein.com/user/gnivrinavi/favorites⁠ 

In this edition of the SBS Hindi radio program, tune in for an exclusive interview with renowned Sarod virtuoso Amaan Ali Bangash, the eldest son of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan who shares about his philosophy and about a unique subtle, and layered, relationship with his father and brother. Along with a report from India find out what the data and experts say about whether Australians are really turning away from travelling to the US. This year, Banu Mushtaq becomes the 2nd Indian author to win International Booker Prize. We discuss her win for her book 'Heart Lamps' that features a collection of twelve short stories about the daily lives of women in Muslim communities in southern India.

In this rich conversation, Guadalupe Nettel joins Adam Biles at Shakespeare and Company to explore the themes of her short story collection The Accidentals. They delve into the complexities of perception and the uncanny, the deep strangeness embedded in familial relationships, and the porous boundary between nature and human nature. Nettel discusses how her stories often begin with a striking image and unfold through a character's voice, frequently taking shape in the liminal space between realism and the fantastic. The conversation touches on the lasting psychological and social effects of the pandemic, the emotional and moral ambiguities of parenthood, and the hidden influence of family histories. Nature—particularly animal behaviour—serves both as metaphor and mirror, challenging the illusion of human superiority. The episode also examines the short story form, translation as reincarnation, and literature's power to illuminate the cracks in our perceived reality.Buy The Accidentals here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-accidentals-2Guadalupe Nettel is a Mexican author of award-winning novels and short story collections. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and adapted for theatre and film. Still Born, her most recent novel, was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. In 2008 she received a PhD in Literature from the EHESS in Paris. She has edited cultural and literary magazines such as Número Cero and Revista de la Universidad de México. She lives in Paris as a writer in residence at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a sequel to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this SBS Hindi podcast, we discuss Indian author Banu Mushtaq's win of the 2025 International Booker Prize for her book 'Heart Lamps'. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi from Kannada, this collection features twelve short stories about the daily lives of women in Muslim communities in southern India.

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Jay Mazoomdar about two fatal tiger attacks in Ranthambore National Park over the past month and poor wildlife management contributed to these incidents.Next, we speak to The Indian Express' Anjali Marar about why this year's summer has been unusually cool across much of India and how this moderation could influence the upcoming monsoon. (13:01)And in the end, we look at Kannada author Banu Mushtaq's short story collection Heart Lamp, which won the 2025 International Booker Prize. (23:34)Hosted by Ichha SharmaProduced and written by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha SharmaEdited and Mixed by Suresh Pawar

Indian author Banu Mushtaq has won this year's International Booker Prize 2025. The annual literary Booker Prize award goes to a living author from anywhere in the world for work available in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Indian author Banu Mushtaq has won this year's International Booker Prize 2025. The annual literary Booker Prize award goes to a living author from anywhere in the world for work available in English and published in the UK or Ireland. - بھارتی مصنفہ بانو مشتاق نے اس سال کا بین الاقوامی بکر پرائز 2025 جیت لیا ہے۔ سالانہ ادبی بکر پرائز ایوارڈ دنیا میں کہیں سے بھی زندہ مصنف کو انگریزی میں دستیاب اور برطانیہ یا آئرلینڈ میں شائع ہونے والے کام کے لیے دیا جاتا ہے۔

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. Today’s discussion points include some of the latest developments in the India-Pakistan conflict; an International Booker Prize for Indian author Banu Mushtaq; and India’s extreme left parties in crisis. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Africa’s president arrives in the US to “reset” with Washington. Then: we unpack why Hungary passed a bill to withdraw from the ICC. Plus: the winner of this year’s The International Booker Prize.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Met vandaag: Kamerdebat over bevriezen sociale huur | President van Rekenkamer kritisch over resultaten kabinet | Hoe werkt een humanistisch geestelijk verzorger bij Defensie? | International Booker Prize voor Indiase Banu Mushtaq | Presentatie: Cees van Grimbergen 

Frontwoman of Garbage, Shirley Manson talks about the band's latest album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which is inspired by contemporary events including the killing of George Floyd in Los Angeles, but which presents an optimistic perspective on a dystopian world. We hear from the winner of the International Booker Prize, which was announced at a ceremony last night. And Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller talks about how he has curated joyful and exuberant events in towns and cities around the UK - Derry-Londonderry, Dundee, Llandudno and Plymouth - to celebrate the bicentenary of the National Gallery.

‘Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November. She no longer expects to wake up to the 19th of November, and she no longer remembers the 17th of November as if it were yesterday.'Solvej Balle's septology On the Calculation of Volume (Faber), thirty years in the making, was published in Danish by the author's own press to huge and universal acclaim: ‘Absolutely, absolutely incredible' (Karl Ove Knausgaard); ‘Unforgettable' (Hernan Díaz); ‘A total explosion' (Nicole Krauss). Now Faber has brought the first two volumes of her masterpiece to an anglophone readership in a vibrant translation by Barbara J. Haveland, the first of which has been nominated for this year's International Booker Prize.Balle was joined in conversation by novelist and critic Chris Power.Get the books: https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/on-the-calculation-of-volume-i-absolutely-absolutely-incredible.-knausgard-solvej-balleFind more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In dieser Folge mit Meike, Robin und Anika: "Reservoir Bitches" von Dahlia de la Cerda, "Small Boat" von Vincent Delecroix, "Under the Eye Of the Big Bird" von Hiromi Kawakami, "Das Buch vom Verschwinden" von Ibtisam Azem und "Die Perfektionen" von Vincenzo Latronico (und auch ein bisschen "Eurotrash" und "Hunchback"). Es ist wieder soweit: Der Preislistenpodcast Eures Vertrauens nimmt die Nominierten des diesjährigen International Booker Prize unter die Lupe! Hat die Jury wirklich die besten ins Englische übersetzten Romane und Kurzgeschichtensammlungen ausgewählt oder do they bring us on the palm? Wir investigieren!

Chellayipuram—famed for hosting the most exhilarating jallikattu contests of strength between man and bull. This year, Pichi, from distant Usilanoor, is here to face the Kaari bull, the zamindar's pride, both menacing in appearance and undefeated in the bull-taming contest. It's been two years since his father Ambuli had been gored to death by this same beast. In the billowing dust of the arena, as Pichi grabs hold of the Kaari's horn in an attempt to make it bow its head, watching the contest from his high perch with narrowing eyes is the zamindar. Will his prize animal—and, by association, the zamindar himself—be finally humbled by this ordinary young man? Vaadivaasal—The Arena is a story of revenge, pride and power. This gripping graphic adaptation of the modern literary classic by International Booker Prize-nominated author Perumal Murugan and critically acclaimed graphic novelist Appupen is a story of violence, death and vengeance… by a Gandhian! In Collaboration with: Simon & Schuster India In this episode of BIC Talks, Perumal Murugan and Appupen will be in conversation with Subodh Sankar. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in February 2025. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favorite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.  

Less than a week after the Liberals came from behind to win in Canada, Australia's governing Labor Party has won the election there. Is the Trump effect in play once more? Also in the programme: Israel ramps up airstrikes on Syria, claiming to be defending the Druze minority; Poland boosts its defences in the face of the Russian threat; and we hear from an author shortlisted for the International Booker Prize – whose novel's main character is based on her late sister.(IMAGE: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrates at a Labor party election night event, after local media projected the Labor Party's victory, on the day of the Australian federal election, in Sydney, Australia, May 3, 2025 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Hollie Adams TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Mit ihrem hybriden Roman „Unentdeckt“, 2024 für den International Booker Prize nominiert, bewegt sich die peruanische Autorin Gabriela Wiener auf den Spuren ihres Ururgroßvaters, des Forschungsreisenden Charles Wiener, und liefert zugleich eine literarische Bestandsaufnahme von den Hinterlassenschaften des europäischen Kolonialismus. Rezension von Claudia Kramatschek

Saou Ichikawa ist die erste Autorin mit einer körperlichen Behinderung, die die bedeutendste Auszeichnung für japanische Literatur erhielt. Ihr relativ dünner Roman von 100 Seiten, »Hunchback«, stand auf der Longlist für den diesjährigen International Booker Prize und könnte dichter, polemischer und offener kaum sein:

In this episode recorded live at Shakespeare and Company, celebrated Danish author Solvej Balle returns to the bookshop she once called home to discuss her monumental literary project On the Calculation of Volume. The novel's protagonist, Tara Selter, finds herself reliving November 18th—again and again—opening up a profound meditation on time, memory, isolation, and human existence. Balle reflects on the decades-long journey of crafting this work, the philosophical underpinnings of time loops, and the quiet radicalism of writing it from a female perspective. Touching on everything from Ulysses to Groundhog Day, to quantum physics, she shares how her character emerged through a process of deep listening and experimentation. Tara's attempts to replicate seasons and find meaning through repetition prompt larger questions about how we process time, our relationships, and the rituals that structure our lives. Balle reveals how a “stupid idea” turned into a seven-volume epic currently shortlisted for the International Booker Prize—and how writing it has transformed her own understanding of life, aging, and narrative possibility.Buy On the Calculation of Volume: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/on-the-calculation-of-volume-i*Solvej Balle was born in 1962, made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl, andwent on to write the highly-acclaimed According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind (praised by Publishers Weekly for its blend of “sly humor, bleak vision, and terrified sense of the absurd with a tacit intuition that the world has a meaning not yet fathomed”). She's also published a book on art theory, a political memoir, and two books of short prose. On the Calculation of Volume expands the possibilities of the novel and heralds the arrival of a major literary artist.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Classics professor Edith Hall and writer Lawrence Norfolk join Tom to review The Return, a retelling of the end of Homer's Odyssey, where the hero Odysseus returns to his kingdom decades after the battle of Troy to find his wife Queen Penelope fending off suitors out to take his throne. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche talk to Tom about being reunited on screen for the first time since The English Patient.Tom and guests also review Holy Cow, an award winning film about youth, agriculture, and the comté cheese-making competition, in the Jura region of south-east France. Plus time-looping novel The Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Book I is the first of a planned septology, which was originally self-published in Denmark. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, is in Cairo meeting with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, alongside Jordan’s King Abdullah II to talk about Gaza. We look at the role France could take in bringing the conflict to an end. Plus: our team reports from the Delphi Economic Forum and Salone del Mobile. Then: the latest from Aero Friedrichshafen, tech news and we go through the shortlist for The International Booker Prize.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian Krachts Eurotrash hat es doch nicht auf die Shortlist des International Booker Prize geschafft. Nominiert sind sechs Werke, die vorwiegend von europäischen Autoren stammen. Die Auswahl setzt ein deutliches Zeichen für unabhängige Verlage. Zeh, Miriam www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Christian Krachts Eurotrash hat es doch nicht auf die Shortlist des International Booker Prize geschafft. Nominiert sind sechs Werke, die vorwiegend von europäischen Autoren stammen. Die Auswahl setzt ein deutliches Zeichen für unabhängige Verlage. Zeh, Miriam www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Christian Krachts Eurotrash hat es doch nicht auf die Shortlist des International Booker Prize geschafft. Nominiert sind sechs Werke, die vorwiegend von europäischen Autoren stammen. Die Auswahl setzt ein deutliches Zeichen für unabhängige Verlage. Zeh, Miriam www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Kym Marsh on stepping into the iconic role of Beverly in theatre classic Abigail's Party as the play opens at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.Film critic Hannah Strong and George Pundek, co-host of the Pulp Kitchen film podcast, on why so many of the big film franchises are facing difficulties.Severance creator Dan Erickson on making a television hit with his debut project.Novelist Max Porter, who is chair of the judges for this year's International Booker Prize, on the books that have made the shortlist: On the Calculation of Volume One by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J Haveland Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated by Mark HutchinsonPresenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

The novel “We Do Not Part,” by the Nobel laureate Han Kang, involves a pet-sitting quest gone surreal: It follows a writer and documentarian whose hospitalized friend beseeches her to take care of her stranded pet parakeet on an island hundreds of miles away. When she arrives, the writer finds not only the bird but also an apparition of her friend, who has a devastating history to tell.Transforming real life into a haunting dreamscape, “We Do Not Part” is about grief, tragedy, the weight of the past, and the painful but essential work of remembering, delivered by one of the most electrifying writers working today. (Han's 2016 novel, “The Vegetarian,” won the International Booker Prize and was chosen as one of The New York Times's Best Books of the 21st Century.) On this week's episode, the Book Club host MJ Franklin discusses “We Do Not Part” with with fellow Book Review editors Lauren Christensen and Emily Eakin.  Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

La Semaine d'Action Contre le Racisme (SACR) 2025 s'ouvre avec un dialogue exceptionnel entre David Diop, auteur francophone de renommée internationale, et Loris Petris, professeur de littérature à l'UniNE et directeur de l'ILCF. À travers son œuvre, notamment Frère d'âme et tout récemment Le Pays de Rêve, Diop explore des thématiques universelles telles que la mémoire coloniale, le racisme, l'exil et la richesse des identités plurielles. Son écriture, récompensée par le Prix Goncourt des Lycéens et l'International Booker Prize, transcende les frontières pour interroger l'histoire et réhabiliter les voix oubliées. Traduite en plus de 30 langues, son œuvre met en lumière les expériences humaines dans toute leur complexité, qu'il s'agisse de la guerre, de l'injustice ou des liens entre mémoire et identité. Un moment privilégié pour découvrir la vision d'un auteur qui fait de la littérature un outil puissant de dialogue et de compréhension universelle. _ David Diop est né à Paris en 1966 et a grandi au Sénégal. Professeur en littérature du XVIIIe siècle à l'université de Pau dans le sud-ouest de la France, ses travaux portent sur les représentations européennes de l'Afrique. Lauréat de quatorze prix dont le prix Goncourt des lycéens, son deuxième roman, Frère d'âme (Seuil, 2018), a reçu huit choix Goncourt étrangers, les prix Kourouma et Strega europeo ainsi que le Europese Literatuurprijs remis par un jury étudiant. Il est aujourd'hui traduit dans plus de quarante pays et a permis à David Diop d'être le premier auteur français à recevoir le prestigieux International Booker Prize en 2021. Son dernier roman, La Porte du voyage sans retour, est publié aux éditions du Seuil et disponible en édition de poche chez Points. Sa traduction en anglais a été parmi les finalistes des National Books Awards 2023. _ Professeur à l'Université de Neuchâtel, Loris Petris est un spécialiste de la littérature européenne de la Renaissance et de la littérature francophone contemporaine. Depuis 25 ans, il a invité quantité d'auteur-trices à Neuchâtel et, ces dernières années, notamment Lola Lafon, Dominique Fernandez, Dany Laferrière, Patrick Chamoiseau et Sylvain Tesson. Il dirige l'Institut de langue et civilisation françaises (ILCF), où plus d'une trentaine de nationalités se côtoient et il est l'un des initiateurs du Choix Goncourt de la Suisse. Enregistré au Club 44 le 20 mars 2025

«The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift.Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales.»In a Sephora-store on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, a security guard is watching the shoppers. In the early 70's, Ferdinand arrives in Paris to start his new life and needs to learn the ropes. In the 90's, friends Ossiri and Kassoum work nights in the Parisian underground.Three generations of immigrants tell their stories in Standing Heavy, the sensational debut novel from author Armand Patrick Gbaka-Bredé, better known as GauZ'. With playful language, an eventful plot, and tons of observational humour, Standing Heavy is a devilish comedy about France's colonial heritage seen through the eyes of the service class.GauZ' is a French-Ivorian author, editor and publisher based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The novel Debout-Payé was lauded by critics when it was released in 2014, and in 2023 the English translation was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.At the House of Literature, GauZ' meets author and journalist Yohan Shanmugaratnam for a conversation on class, capitalism and the security guard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In dieser Folge mit Meike, Anika, Robin und Christian: "Air" von Christian Kracht, "Autoritäre Rebellion" von Andreas Speit und "Tiny House" von Mario Wurmitzer. Der Preislistenpodcast ist begeistert: Weltweit wird gerade nominiert, dass es eine wahre Freude ist! Der von uns gerne mal kritisch beäugte Women's Prize for Fiction liefert solide ab, und der International Booker Prize für ins Englische übersetzte Literatur ist mal wieder ganz vorne mit dabei: Die gesamte Longlist besteht aus erstmals für den Preis nominierten Autor*innen. Darunter ein gewisser *checks notes* Christian Kracht aus der Schweiz. Den kennen wir doch!

Sophie Hughes has just picked up her record-breaking fifth nomination for the International Booker - more than any other single translator - for translating Italian writer Vincenzo Latronico's novel Perfection.

WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West), chosen by Ted Hodgkinson ENTER GHOST by Isabella Hammad, chosen by Inua Ellams GHOSTING: A DOUBLE LIFE by Jennie Erdal, chosen by Harriett GilbertAs Head of Literature and Spoken Word-programming at the Southbank Centre in London, writers and writing are at the heart of Ted Hodgkinson's work. In 2020 he chaired the judging panel of the International Booker Prize and he has judged many other awards, including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. His choice of a good read is a slim, genre-defying book by Chilean author Benjamin Labatut which packs a huge punch. It's about the scientists and mathematicians whose work has shaped our world, and the unintended - sometimes horrifying - consequences of scientific advancement.Inua Ellams is a playwright, poet and curator. His work includes Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall, and an updating of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set during the Biafran Civil War, and he's recently been announced as one of the writers of the next series of Dr Who. His choice is Isabella Hammad's 2023 novel Enter Ghost. After a disastrous love affair, British-Palestinian actress Sonia goes to stay with her sister in Haifa. Intending the visit as a holiday, she finds herself investigating her family's history and getting involved in a production of Hamlet, to be staged in the West Bank.Presenter Harriett Gilbert's choice is Ghosting by Jennie Erdal. A fascinating account of Jennie's time as ghostwriter for 'Tiger' (the publisher Naim Attallah), penning everything from novels to love letters in his name.Producer: Mair Bosworth

Ukraine signs a minerals deal with the United States but will this help it secure peace as well? We take a look at demonstrations against prime minister Robert Fico in Slovakia and profile the Japanese whisky industry. Plus: Max Porter unveils the longlist for the International Booker Prize.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city, where the narrator is targeted by charismatic “healing” ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a gnawing desire to reckon with the forces that have made her and an immediate need to find the stability to survive, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, resistance, and the limits of personal transformation in an alienated, alienating world. Darkly comic, deeply resonant, and hallucinatory in tone, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth (Soft Skull, 2024) will appeal to readers of Annie Ernaux, Dionne Brand, and Sheila Heti. Anna's most recent book is Participation. A poet and a translator, Anna has won the James Laughlin Award for her poetry and shared the 2021 International Booker Prize with David Diop for his novel At Night All Blood is Black. A student of plants and herbalism, she is a member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse and a cofound of Bushel Collective. Recommended Books: Poupeh Missaghi, Sound Museum Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel Mari Ruti, A World of Fragile Things  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city, where the narrator is targeted by charismatic “healing” ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a gnawing desire to reckon with the forces that have made her and an immediate need to find the stability to survive, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, resistance, and the limits of personal transformation in an alienated, alienating world. Darkly comic, deeply resonant, and hallucinatory in tone, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth (Soft Skull, 2024) will appeal to readers of Annie Ernaux, Dionne Brand, and Sheila Heti. Anna's most recent book is Participation. A poet and a translator, Anna has won the James Laughlin Award for her poetry and shared the 2021 International Booker Prize with David Diop for his novel At Night All Blood is Black. A student of plants and herbalism, she is a member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse and a cofound of Bushel Collective. Recommended Books: Poupeh Missaghi, Sound Museum Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel Mari Ruti, A World of Fragile Things  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

After a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city, where the narrator is targeted by charismatic “healing” ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a gnawing desire to reckon with the forces that have made her and an immediate need to find the stability to survive, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, resistance, and the limits of personal transformation in an alienated, alienating world. Darkly comic, deeply resonant, and hallucinatory in tone, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth (Soft Skull, 2024) will appeal to readers of Annie Ernaux, Dionne Brand, and Sheila Heti. Anna's most recent book is Participation. A poet and a translator, Anna has won the James Laughlin Award for her poetry and shared the 2021 International Booker Prize with David Diop for his novel At Night All Blood is Black. A student of plants and herbalism, she is a member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse and a cofound of Bushel Collective. Recommended Books: Poupeh Missaghi, Sound Museum Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel Mari Ruti, A World of Fragile Things  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

After a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city, where the narrator is targeted by charismatic “healing” ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a gnawing desire to reckon with the forces that have made her and an immediate need to find the stability to survive, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, resistance, and the limits of personal transformation in an alienated, alienating world. Darkly comic, deeply resonant, and hallucinatory in tone, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth (Soft Skull, 2024) will appeal to readers of Annie Ernaux, Dionne Brand, and Sheila Heti. Anna's most recent book is Participation. A poet and a translator, Anna has won the James Laughlin Award for her poetry and shared the 2021 International Booker Prize with David Diop for his novel At Night All Blood is Black. A student of plants and herbalism, she is a member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse and a cofound of Bushel Collective. Recommended Books: Poupeh Missaghi, Sound Museum Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel Mari Ruti, A World of Fragile Things  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is published with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

When she began her masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale in 1984, Margaret Atwood was living in West Berlin, just a stone's throw away from the Wall to East Berlin, with its omnipresent secret police. The world behind the Iron Curtain clearly influenced her famous future dystopia, in which she set as a rule that she would not include any horrors that humans had not already done in some other place or time in history.On the other side of the Wall, author Jenny Erpenbeck grew up in the east, the German Democratic Republic (DDR), experiencing the country's zenith as well as its disintegration and the victorious capitalist West just a few years later. In her award winning body of work, Erpenbeck has gone on to explore the complex history of Germany and greater Europe, where ordinary citizens become hostages to the grand ideas and ruptures of the times.Both Atwood and Erpenbeck are concerned with totalitarianism, with history and how it informs the present and the future, with our fragile normality, and how quickly it can turn into brutality. While they write lyrical and innovative fiction - incorporating mythology, literature and philosophy - the links to the world around us, either past, present or futures we are headed towards, are always there.Margaret Atwood has published more than 70 books of poetry, short story collections, novels, children's books,and essay collections. Stories like The Handmaid's Tale and the MaddAddam trilogy have made her a name across the world, and a number of her books have been adapted to film, TV, opera and ballet, and, like Erpenbeck, she is regularly mentioned as a favorite for the Nobel prize in literature.Jenny Erpenbeck is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and award winning novels, short story collections, plays and essays. Her latest novel, Kairos, won the 2024 International Booker Prize.In this event, these two exceptional authors met for the first time on stage, for a conversation about history and society, memory and hope for the future. The conversation was moderated by Helge Jordheim, professor of cultural history at the University of Oslo.The conversation took place on November 2st, 2024 in The University of Oslo's Ceremonial Hall. LitHouse is a podcast from the House of Literature in Oslo, presenting adapted versions of lectures and conversations featuring international writers and thinkers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to translators from Turkey and Argentina about giving a writer's work a new life in another language, and whether the age of digital translation is putting the craft in jeopardy.Ekin Oklap is Turkish and grew up in Italy. She's the English language translator for Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and was shortlisted for the 2016 International Booker Prize. She also translates books from Italian to English for novelist Francesca Manfredi and crime writer Ilaria Tuti.Erika Cosenza is an Argentinian translator, interpreter, editor and proof-reader. She translates English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. She now lives in Spain and helped set up a gender, diversity and inclusion network for the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters.Produced by Jane Thurlow(Image: (L) Erika Consenza credit Gisela Caffarena. (R) Ekin Oklap credit Alev Arasli Oklap.)

Erinnern Sie bitte mal kurz an Ihre Schulzeit, auch wenn diese schon etwas zurückliegt. Denken Sie an den Deutschunterricht. Goethes Werther, Max Frisch und Homo Faber, Hermann Hesses "Narziß und Goldmund". Große Literatur, bestimmt, aber naja: Männer, die über Männer schrieben. Da half es sehr, wenn man die Freude am Lesen schon vorher für sich entdeckt hatte, denn diese kleinen, eng bedruckten Reclam-Hefte machten nicht unbedingt Lust auf mehr, um es mal so zu formulieren. Wie mag es sich wohl für eine zeitgenössische Autorin anfühlen, wenn ein eigenes Buch plötzlich zur Pflichtlektüre für’s Abitur wird! "Heimsuchung" ist so ein Werk, geschrieben von Jenny Erpenbeck, die weltweit als Deutschlands erfolgreichste Schriftstellerin gilt. Zur Welt kam sie 1967 in Ost-Berlin als Spross einer Familie, die zur geistigen Elite der DDR gezählt wurde und wird. Jenny Erpenbeck machte eine Lehre als Buchbinderin und studierte anschließend Theaterwissenschaft und Musiktheaterregie. Seit sie Bücher schreibt, finden diese regelmäßig Beachtung und: werden mit den wichtigsten nationalen und internationalen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet, zuletzt das Buch "Kairos", für das sie 2024 als erste Deutsche den International Booker Prize erhielt. Playlist: Remy Shand - Take a Message Lucio Dalla - Ulisse coperto die Sale Swingle Singers - Partita No Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz Hermann Prey singt Franz Schubert - Du bist die Ruh Nina Hagen - Naturträne Rufus Wainwright - Early Morning Madness Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singt aus "Der Rosenkavalier": Arie der Marschallin - Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding | Diese Podcast-Episode steht unter der Creative Commons Lizenz CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Geetanjali Shree's Our City That Year, translated by Daisy Rockwell (Penguin India, August 2024), is a tale of a city under siege, reflecting a society that lies fractured along fault lines of faith and ideology. First published in 1998, Our City That Year is loosely based on the communal riots and violence in the lead-up to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992 and its aftermath of rising uncertainty and dread. Twenty-six years after its original Hindi publication, the book's call to bear witness to India under the grips of religious nationalism is timelier than ever, speaking to the growing communal divisions in India and across the Subcontinent. Geetanjali Shree is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, and of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, for her novel, Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi in the Hindi original). The novel was also shortlisted for the Emile Guimet Prize. She has written four other novels, Mai (Mai: Silently Mother), Hamara Shahar Us Baras (Our City That Year), Tirohit (The Roof Beneath Their Feet), and Khali Jagah (Empty Space), and five collections of short stories. She writes essays and gives talks in both Hindi and English. Her work is translated into many Indian and foreign languages. Geetanjali has also worked on theatre scripts in collaboration with a Delhi based group, Vivadi, of which she is a founding member. Daisy Rockwell is a painter and award-winning translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in Vermont. She has published numerous translations from Hindi and Urdu, including Ashk's Falling Walls (2015), Bhisham Sahni's Tamas (2016), and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her translation of Krishna Sobti's final novel, A Gujarat here, a Gujarat there (Penguin, 2019) was awarded the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work in 2019. Her translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand (Tilted Axis Press, 2021; HarperVia, 2022) won the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Suri from Time Out Bookstore talks to us about A Sunny Place for Shady People from Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez. This is Enríquez's first short story collection since The Dangers of Smoking in Bed was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. The stories in this most recent collection weave the occult, ghosts, love, queer counterculture and Argentina's turbulent and brutal past. 

Arthur Marchetto e Cecilia Garcia Marcon se unem para mais uma discussão do Clube de Leitura 30:MIN de 2024 — desta vez "Damas da Lua", de Jokha Alharti (Ed. Moinhos). Vencedor do International Booker Prize em 2019, o primeiro escritor por uma mulher árabe a receber o prêmio, "Damas da Lua" nos conduz por uma narrativa que transita entre vozes e tempos, revelando os dramas de gerações ao longo dos períodos de modernização e transformação cultural, discutindo o patriarcado, os casamentos e relações amorosas, educação, afetos familiares, a construção da individualidade — e, em um de seus fragmentos, discussões sobre a memória e o final enigmático de nossas vidas. Aperta o play e conta pra gente: Já leu "Damas da Lua"? Episódios citados no episódio 30:MIN 397 - Aqui - Richard McGuire 30:MIN 484 - Detalhe menor - Adania Shibli Livros citados no episódio Aqui, de Richard McGuire Água Funda, de Ruth Guimarães Detalhe Menor, de Adania Shibli Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo - Links ⁠Apoie o 30:MIN⁠ ⁠Siga a gente nas redes⁠

Eight translators from eight countries travel to a Polish forest to begin adapting famed author Irena Rey's newest book into their respective languages. But when Irena Rey disappears, a competitive, ego-fueled search unravels in the surrounding woods and within each person. In today's episode, author Jennifer Croft speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, and how her own experience as an International Booker Prize-winning translator sparked an interest in the drive and desires of the people tasked with "shapeshifting" a text into their own tongue. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Germany's Jenny Erpenbeck is the winner of the International Booker Prize 2024 for her novel Kairos, translated by Michael Hofmann. She spoke with Eleanor Wachtel, who chaired the International Booker Prize jury, in 2015 about The End of Days, an imaginative story that spans the 20th century through the eyes of a character who lives multiple versions of her life. Erpenbeck also reflects on her own childhood, growing up in a literary family in East Berlin before the fall of the Wall, and the ways in which history, politics and her experience with personal and national transformations have inspired her work.

Spain, Ireland and Norway say they will recognize a Palestinian state on May 28. They will join 139 countries who have already taken the step. Also, a court has ruled that greenhouse gasses are a form of marine pollution, laying out legal obligations for governments. And, the Aral Sea, which spans the borders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, used to be the fourth largest lake on the planet but changed under Soviet policies. An engineering project turned things around, but the progress is once again on shaky ground. Plus,  Jenny Erpenback's novel “Kairos” becomes the first translated German work to win the International Booker Prize.

Alejandro Zambra is the author of the story collection My Documents, available from Penguin Books. Official April pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Megan McDowell is the book's translator. Zambra is the author of ten books, most recently Chilean Poet and Multiple Choice. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, as well as a New York Public Library Cullman Center fellowship, he has published fiction and essays in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Harper's Magazine, among other publications. He lives in Mexico City. McDowell  is the winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translation and the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other awards. She has been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram  TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her work, Argentine author Samanta Schweblin explores the feeling of eeriness that accompanied her childhood. Samanta was born in Buenos Aires in 1978, just after the start of a violent dictatorship. But, while violence surrounded her growing up, there was also art: her grandfather was a famous artist who began to train her as a writer when she was six years old. Together they took trips, stole books, rode the train without tickets and went to plays and museums—all in the name of artistic training. It worked. Samanta's work has been translated into 25 languages and long-listed for the International Booker Prize. In this episode, Samanta shares the origins of her fascination with the blurry lines between our perceptions of what's normal and what's strange.