40: Reading Around the World - Books in Translation
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Louise and Virginia have been reading some small but gripping books that have been translated into English; perhaps the ultimate type of 'own voices' reading. By complete coincidence they ended up in the same parts of the world. Books: Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras and translated by Simon Lesser. 2021, Verso. People Like Them: A Novel by Samira Sedira and translated by Lara Vergnaud. 2020, Raven Books Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali and translated by Maureen Freely and Alexander Dawe. 1943, Other Press. At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop and translated by Anna Moschovakis. 2018, Pushkin Press. Podcasts: ABC Nature Track The Dropout In Writing with Hattie Crisell Cinefest Oz Films: The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson Nitram
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