Fiammetta Rocco Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@Sathnam @kewgardens Kim Walker’s “Just the Tonic”?

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“Translation is the most intimate form of reading.” Anna Moschovakis on translating David Diop’s “At Night All Blood Is Black”. With Philippe Sands ⁦@edbookfest⁩ ⁦@TheBookerPrizes⁩ ⁦@PushkinPress⁩ https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/david-diop-anna-moschovakis/player

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@NickCooperative @johnpmerrick It joined forces with the International Booker Prize and is stronger than ever. Won this year by a wonderful novel called “Tomb of Sand”, written in Hindi by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell. Unforgettable! @TheBookerPrizes @shreedaisy @TrudaSpruyt

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This week I write about “Birnam Wood”, Eleanor Catton’s super-sharp eco-thriller. Are people born corrupt or do they, even the most idealistic, become corrupted? The Economist ⁦@GrantaBooks⁩ ⁦@prowlandson⁩ ⁦@fsgbooks⁩ https://t.co/sNCMKV7De9

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This week I write about my favourite novel so far of 2023. Wit and wisdom in “The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa” | The Economist ⁦⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩ ⁦@TheBookerPrizes⁩ ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ https://t.co/GA27tjnQZ9

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Heart Lamp, stories written by a great advocate of women’s rights over three decades and translated with sympathy and ingenuity, should be read by men and women all over the world. The book speaks to our times, and to the ways in which many are silenced.