translated fiction

We're going weekly! As the episodes have grown longer we've decided to split them up so instead of discussing two titles per episode (and delivering a 2+ hour podcast) every other week we're switching to one title every week. A guide to the next few episodes will be up on the Substack shortly.

This week we dig into Marie NDiaye's My Heart Hemmed In, translated by Jordan Stump and published by Two Lines Press. This one is Lori's recommendation and, folks, she did not miss. It's a phenomenal novel, and one that rather speaks to the moment we're in (have always been in?).

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Other titles by Marie NDiaye, including The Chef and Ladivine
• Kafka's, well, everything
• The Armies by Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean
• The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana
• You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
• Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lucio Cardoso, translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson
• Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk, translated by Michiel Heyns

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Music: “Estos Dias” by Enrique Urquijo

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To mark the publication of Marías final novel, Tomás Nevinson, we're spending this episode and our next episode diving into the twinned works of Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson. On this episode we dive deep into Berta (warning: we do rather go into the plot in a more significant manner than we have with other titles discussed thus far). And in two weeks' time we'll be back to chat about Tomás Nevinson (so if you haven't picked up a copy yet, get thee to your local indie and get cracking!).

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Welcome back! In this second episode we discuss some literary news, specifically the passing of Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and the US/Canada edition of the Republic of Consciousness Prize (chaired by our Lori Feathers) before moving onto a conversation on Tristan Egolf’s Kornwolf. In the Marías portion we chat some more about Redonda and dive into All Souls and Dark Back of Time. Bonus points if you can guess exactly when we recorded this episode (hint: lime-sized hail in Dallas is a pretty good giveaway).

If you’re interested in giving the Republic of Consciousness longlist event a listen (and we know you are!), here’s a link to a recording of that event.

And if you’re eager to hear more about Redonda and Try Not to be Strange (from one of our favorite presses, Biblioasis), here’s a link to Lori’s other podcast, Across the Pond, and the episode where she and Sam Jordison of Galley Beggar Press chat with Michael Hingston.

Books mentioned in this episode:

• A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe, translated by John Nathan
• The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
• the works of Amelia Gray
• Tristan Egolf’s other novels: Skirt & the Fiddle and Lord of the Barnyard
• Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston
• A Companion to Javier Marías by David K. Herzberger

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Music: “Estos Dias” by Enrique Urquijo

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In which Kate and Laura have wildly differing opinions over Kim Leine's historical novel The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (nominated for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award) but discover a shared distaste for the word 'greasy'. 'My front teeth are quite fallen out but for five that dangle like scoundrels of the night from a gallows' complains the main character, Morten Falck, as we follow his experiences attempting to convert the Inuit to Christianity in late-18th-century Greenland. Did this make for a great book club book? Listen in to find out. We also interview Frances Ambler, features editor of Oh Comely magazine about championing new books by women writers and we have some great recommendations for your next book club read.

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Books also discussed in this episode include: The North Water, Ian McGuire, Days Without End, Sebastian Barry, The Blue Flower, Penelope Fitzgerald, The Lucky Ones, Julianne Pachico, The Idiot, Elif Batuman, The Forever War, Joe Haldeman and To The Ends of the Earth trilogy by William Golding.