Anna and Amanda discuss our favourite small books.
Our book of the week is Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, the inaugural winner of the Novel Prize. This inspired us to talk about other short novels that we have loved:
Guest Cat by Tikashi Hiraide translated by Eric Selland
Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
Japonisme: The Art of Finding Contentment by Erin Niimi Longhurst
Summerwater by Sarah Moss
A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig translated by Alexander Starritt.
Coming up: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
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Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
Ep 265: The Busy Body with Kemper Donovan
Ep 264: Thunderhead by Miranda Darling
Ep 263: Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Ep 262: Butter by Asako Yuzuki translated by Polly Barton
Ep 261: Crime Book Recommendations
Ep 260: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead with Jenny Hollander
Ep 259: The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
Ep 258: Home Reading Service with Shawn Mooney
Ep 257: Holiday Reading Recommendations
Ep 256: Best Books of 2023
Ep 255: Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren translated by Agnes Broomé
Ep 254: True Biz and Y/N Book Club with Shawn Mooney
Ep 253: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
Ep 252: Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Ep 251: Book Club with Shawn Mooney
Ep 250: Women in Translation Recommendations
Ep 249: The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Ep 248: This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Ep 247: The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
Ep 246: Sadvertising with Ennis Ćehić
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