Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 minutes ago

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I stopped doing reading wrap ups ages ago, but since everything I read in August was for Women in Translation month, I wanted to have a chance to talk to you about all these books

Books Mentioned
0:00 - intro & book haul
01:12 - Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada trans. Philip Gabriel
03:14 - The Mermaid's Tale by Lee Wei Jing trans. Darryl Sterk
05:00 - The Paris Trilogy by Colombe Schneck trans Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer
07:34 - Minor Detail by Adania Shibli trans. Elisabeth Jaquette
10:08 - The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginsburg trans Frances Frenaye
12:09 - Lullaby by Leila Slimani trans Sam Taylor
14:03 - Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson

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