We will post the transcripts of International Fiction Book Club meetings here, as well as introductory videos provided by the books’ authors, translators and editors. Enjoy!
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July 2022 Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu Introductory video by the author |
June 2022 Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý Introductory video by the author |
May 2022 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Introductory video by translator Ginny Tapley Takemori |
April 2022 Phenotypes by Paolo Scott Introductory video by translator Daniel Hahn |
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Feb 2022 The Physics of Sorrow by Geordi Gospodinov Introductory video by the author. |
Dec 2021 Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin Introductory video by translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins |
July 2021 Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor Introductory video by translator Sophie Hughes |
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March 2021 Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov Discussion with the author |
February 2021 Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Discussion with the author |
January 2021 The Four Books by Jan Lianke Discussion with translator Carlos Rojas |
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December 2020 Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan Discussion with the author and translator George Miller |
November 2020 A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler Discussion with Charlotte Collins |
October 2020 Berta Isla by Javier Marias Discussion with Margaret Jull Costa |
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September 2020 The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Discussion with Lucie Campos |
August 2020 The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara Discussion with the translators |
July 2020 The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar Discussion with the editor, Michael Reynolds |
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June 2020 Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Discussion with the editor, Ansa Khan Khattak |
May 2020 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Discussion with the translator, Antonia Lloyd‑Jones |
April 2020 Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting Discussion with the author |
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