International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels

[ad_1] The Details, Ia Genberg, translated from the Dutch by Kira JosefssonThe Details, originally published as Detaljerna in Swedish, opens with an unnamed woman, bedridden and in the throes of a burning fever which renews her interest in a half-forgotten...

International Booker interview: How Sora Russell and Youngjae Bae translated ‘Mater 2-10’ from Korea

[ad_1] Sora Kim Russell and Youngjae J Bae translate from the Korean into English. Their co-translation of Hwang Sok-yong’s Mater 2-10 is shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.Mater 2-10 is centred on three generations of a family of rail...