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Oct 2022

27m 49s

Ep 220: Cold Enough for Snow and Small B...

ANNA BAILLIE-KARAS, ANNIE WATERS AND AMANDA HAYES

About this episode

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

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