Hello! I’m Bob, and I enjoyed reading the shortlist from this year’s International Booker Prize!

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction
01:40 Selva Almada- Not A River (tr. Annie McDermott)
03:56 Jenny Erpenbeck- Kairos (tr. Michael Hofmann)
07:17 Ia Genberg- The Details (tr. Kira Josefsson)
09:38 Hwang Sok-yong- Mater 2-10 (tr. Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae)
12:01 Jente Posthuma- What I’d Rather Not Talk About (tr. Sarah Timmer Harvey)
14:11 Itamar Vieira Junior- Crooked Plow (tr. Johnny Lorenz)
16:49 List Overivew and My Favourites

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