What Should You Read from the 2024 International Booker Longlist?
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- The International Booker Prize is a literary award voted on annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland in the last year.
They released the longlist of nominees yesterday, and I think it’d be fun to read a few - BUT WHICH ONES?
I put together a brief version of what is avaliable on the booker website to help decide!
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00:00 Intro to the list
03:18 Simpatía
04:12 Not a River
04:59 Kairos
05:56 The Details
06:43 White Nights
07:31 Mater 2-10
08:26 A Dictator Calls
09:28 The Silver Bone
10:02 What I'd Rather Not Think About
10:47 Lost on Me
11:26 The House on Via Gemito
12:25 Crooked Plow
13:07 Undiscovered
14:04 My Selects
15:34 Are there any from the list you want to read?
media mentioned this episode:
Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
Not a River by Selva Almada
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Details by Ia Genberg
White Nights by Urszula Honek
Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong
A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov
What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo
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The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone
Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener
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I really appreciate the format you present the books, and additional information. Such great attention to detail. Another great job on your videos!
Oh man, this really means a lot! Thank you so much for your kind words
Just discovered you! Phenomenal production values.. very pleasant all around! Hooray!
Thank you so much! So glad you like :)
Yay, I'm glad the algorithm showed me your video! I've been watching longlist book prize videos to get ideas for my tbr. Yours went into more or different details for this prize list that made me excited to put 2 more books on my tbr than I'd had before, plus to go read a couple Elena Ferrante books (if I can find the debut). What a juicy rumor! 😀
Oh my gosh That makes so happy to hear! I hope you love them once you get around to them.
I know right? When I read about that rumor I was like 👀
Not very many of these interest me this year. Out of all of them, though, I'd probably read "What I'd Rather Not Think About." I'm intrigued by the vignette style, and at only around 200 pages, it is something I can read fairly quickly. Like long movies, I'm so tired of long books, haha.
I feel this!! I’m currently reading a 1000+ pager (and enjoying it!) so am excited to read something short next 😂
@@mediamoodboard Might I suggest Paul Yoon's short story collection, "The Hive and the Honey"?
Mater from Cars is Korean?
This is a major plot point in Cars 3.