Interviews with the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlistees

The author and translator discuss how the novel is a tribute to Argentina, their favourite Latin American novels, and how indie presses are leading the way with translated fiction
 

The author and translator discuss the political system which inspired the novel, what being longlisted means to them, and how translated fiction has the power to transport you to other worlds

We spoke to the author and translator about the COVID fever that inspired the novel, the political importance of translators, and how a chance meeting in a New York bookstore opened up a whole new world of translation

We spoke to the author and translators about post-colonial Korean literature, the visit to North Korea that inspired Mater 2-10, and how they embarked on a co-translation of the novel

We spoke to the author and translator about their experience of working on the novel together, Dutch literature, and why translated fiction is not a monolith

The author and translator tell us how the novel is an ode to the Brazilian countryside, their experience of working together, and how the musical aspect of language informed Crooked Plow’s translation