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A spotlight on translated fiction this month
This month we're reading fiction translated from: Swedish, Japanese, Italian, Icelandic and French!
Antiquity by Hanna Johansson (translated from Swedish by Kira Josefsson)
Antiquity follows its unnamed narrator, a lonely woman in her thirties who becomes enamoured of a chic older artist, Helena, after interviewing her for a magazine. Helena invites the narrator to join her in the Greek city…
Erpenbeck & Hofmann win the 2024 International Booker Prize
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Michael Hofmann, was announced last night as the winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize. The joint win encompasses two significant firsts for the prize, with Jenny Erpenbeck becoming the first German writer and Michael Hofmann the first male translator to win the International Booker Prize.
Kairos is the intimate and devastating…
Why you need to read All Fours by Miranda July
Miranda July's second novel All Fours is now available, and our booksellers are desperate to share their excitement for this new title! Following a 45-year-old woman's unexpected journey of reinvention, All Fours has been described by the publisher as 'new and thrillingly, profoundly alive'.
Somehow not convinced? Read our staff thoughts below to see why you need to pick it…