#the house on via gemito

[literatureaesthetic]

recent purchase 💸 i've been trying to slow down with my book buying this year (it's not going well), but ever since i saw 'the house on via gemito' on the international booker longlist, i knew i wanted to read it. especially because italy is one of the countries i'm focusing on this year for my "read around the world" challenge!!

[j-ayne]

[miladythewinter]

The longlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize is as follows: 

Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott 

Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel Hahn 

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann 

The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson 

White Nights by Urszula Honek, translated by Kate Webster 

Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae 

A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson 

The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk 

What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey   

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko 

The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky  

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz

Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia Sanches  

[cardinalvalentino]

jamesssss hi. this is very random but as the local italian guy who reads i have to ask you about the two italian novels that were nominated for the international booker prize this year. i know neither of them made the shortlist but i read lost on me the other day and i'm reading the house on via gemito now and i'm curious if you've read either or any of the other books by the authors and if you have what you think or if there are any fun behind the scenes stories or controversial opinions the general public has that you know about or anything of the like. it's ok if you don't though i'm just being nosey and like knowing the cultural backgrounds of the books i read and for for example found it interesting how on goodreads most of the locals were only giving lost on me one or two stars while foreign readers were far more positive which made me wonder if there's any tea about veronica raimo i'm missing out on as a non-italian...... sorry for bothering you i hope you're having a nice day <3

hiiii how are you doing? ♡♡♡

youre not bothering at all!! alas, sorry to disappoint but unfortunately i dont read a lot of italian lit especially contemporary 😔😔 ive heard of both the authors but never read anything by them... about veronica raimo i know next to nothing, but one lukewarm cup of tea i can give you on domenico starnone (you might have heard of this before) is some people believed or maybe still believe that hes the real elena ferrante... because of similar styles i think? other people think it's not him but his wife anita raja... idk if any of is true though its all speculation...

how are you liking them? would you rec them?

[scvpubliclib]

New story on NPR: 3 new books in translation blend liberation with darkness https://ift.tt/kHdIPVr

[readingtostaysane]

international booker prize 2024 - longlist

the international booker prize longlist is out and all of them sound incredible. ugh so blessed to live in an age where translated literature exists, do not contact me i will be busy for the next 2 months while i devour these

The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov

Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Not a River by Selva Almada

Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener

White Nights by Urszula Honek

Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong

What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo

A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

The Details by Ia Genberg