A Q&A with Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann | The Booker Prize

Author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 for Kairos, discuss the universality of this story, how translators maintain the spirit of the original text and what the judges might be looking for in a winner this year.
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[@NotesfromaRoom]

Why would you play music over it.

[@peterz53]

No music please. Distracted from Jenny and Michael.