Sluggish Reader | Recent Reads 230809: Samira Sedira, Preeta Samarasan, Karolina Pavlova @SluggishReader | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Celebrate #womenintranslation 2023!
0:00 Hi!
2:09 People Like Them
11:52 Tale of the Dreamer's Son
22:59 A Double Life
== Books mentioned ==
People Like Them - Samira Sedira (transl. Lara Vergnaud)
goodreads.com/book/show/58048549-people-like-them
Tale of the Dreamer's Son - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/61078192-tale-of-the-dreamer-s-son
Evening Is the Whole Day - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/2154433.Evening_Is_the_Whole_Day
A Double Life - Karolina Pavlova (transl. Barbara Heldt)
goodreads.com/book/show/40244413-a-double-life
== Content warnings ==
People Like Them: murder, racism, bodily injury
Tale of the Dreamer's Son: racism, sexism, religious persecution, bullying, torture, imprisonment, suicide, homophobia, parental neglect, terrorism, murder, child abandonment
A Double Life: sexism
Find me here
💱 Instagram: instagram.com/freddie.reads.slowly
💱 Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/67568538-freddie
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Celebrate #womenintranslation 2023!
0:00 Hi!
2:09 People Like Them
11:52 Tale of the Dreamer's Son
22:59 A Double Life
== Books mentioned ==
People Like Them - Samira Sedira (transl. Lara Vergnaud)
goodreads.com/book/show/58048549-people-like-them
Tale of the Dreamer's Son - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/61078192-tale-of-the-dreamer-s-son
Evening Is the Whole Day - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/2154433.Evening_Is_the_Whole_Day
A Double Life - Karolina Pavlova (transl. Barbara Heldt)
goodreads.com/book/show/40244413-a-double-life
== Content warnings ==
People Like Them: murder, racism, bodily injury
Tale of the Dreamer's Son: racism, sexism, religious persecution, bullying, torture, imprisonment, suicide, homophobia, parental neglect, terrorism, murder, child abandonment
A Double Life: sexism
Find me here
💱 Instagram: instagram.com/freddie.reads.slowly
💱 Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/67568538-freddie
💱 Voxer: freddiereads
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Books mentioned
The Mountains Sing - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49631287-the-mountains-sing
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36174638-the-song-of-achilles
Carol - Patricia Highsmith
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622850-carol
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62373.A_Clockwork_Orange
Some Luck - Jane Smiley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23384161-some-luck
The Man with the Compound Eyes - Wu Ming-Yi (trans. Darryl Sterk)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17345329-the-man-with-the-compound-eyes
I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/829787.I_Know_This_Much_Is_True
The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49025122-the-southern-book-club-s-guide-to-slaying-vampires
People mentioned
Shawn: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA
Jyotsna: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVjL-Ewd6Qh63hYAX2cDDIg
Rick: https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperMacDonnell
Find me here
🔩 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freddie.reads.slowly/
🔩 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/67568538-freddie
🔩 Voxer: freddiereads")
