In this week's podcast Tom and Chad talk about the recently released Best Translated Book Award shortlists, before moving on to discussion of the two Reading the World Conversation Series books for April: The Vegetarian by Han Kang and Diorama by Rocío Cerón.
Additional articles and books discussed include, Porochista Khakpour's review of The Vegetarian in the NY Times, Don DeLillo's Zero K, Gabriella Coleman's Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy, and A.J. Somerset's Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun.
They also discussed switching up the RTWCS as a whole, with Dirty Dust and Graveyard Clay--two translations of the same book by Máirtín Ó Cadhain--in May, followed by Liu Xia's Empty Chairs in June. This does deviate from the plan posted here a few months ago, but given the struggles we've had keeping up--and the opportunity to look at two translations of the same book--it seemed worthwhile to shift things a bit, alternating from fiction to poetry each month, and giving everyone participating a little bit more time to read.
This week's music is "A Tale Told by an Idiot" by John Congleton and the Nighty Nite.
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