Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello, and I hope you’re doing well! I’m Bob, and as we’ve recently had the winner announced for the 2025 prize, I thought it would be fun to look back 5 years!

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction
00:20 Lucas Rijneveld- The Discomfort of Evening (tr. Michele Hutchinson)
04:13 Shokoofeh Azar- The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (tr. Adrien Kijek)
06:26 Gabriela Cabezón Cámara- The Adventures of China Iron (tr. Fiona Mackintosh & Iona Macintyre
09:17 Daniel Kehlmann- Tyll (tr. Ross Benjamin)
12:17 Fernanda Melchor- Hurricane Season (tr. Sophie Hughes)
15:56 Yoko Ogawa- The Memory Police (tr. Steven Snyder)
19:37 End Chatter and My Favourites

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