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Hello everyone and welcome to the start of the weekend - whoop!! These are five glorious paperbacks that I bought on an excellent catch-up and bookshop trip with @keeperofpages 😍 The Remainder is translated by Sophie Hughes and is set in Santiago, Chile. The city is covered in ash. Three children of ex-militants are facing a past they can neither remember or forget. Phenotypes is translated by Daniel Hahn and set in Brazil. It’s the story of two brothers, Federico and Lorenço, one of whom “passes” as white and has been able to avoid the worst of the racism Brazil has to offer. The author proves the old wound of race in Brazil, and in particular the loss of a black identity independent from the history of slavery. I’m still to read anything from Benjamin Myers but here is Beastings, whose cover screamed at me to buy it! This is an American Southern Gothic tale set against the violent beauty of Northern England, Beastings is a sparse and poetic novel about morality, motherhood and corruption. I’m hoping to read The Rooftop, translated by Annie McDermott with @keeperofpages It’s a claustrophobic novel about freedom, and also about fear, violence, motherhood and loss. Finally An Orphan World, translated by Juana Alcock and Sophie Hughes is a novel about poverty, and the resourceful ways in which people manage to confront it. At the same time it is a reflection about the body as a space of pleasure and violence. Perhaps above all else, it is a brutally honest love letter between a father and son. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Also as a special treat, if you can tell me the odd book out (and why) in this haul, I’ll buy you a book from your wishlist 😜 First to answer wins! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaul #booksintranslation #readtranslatedbooks #beastings #benjaminmyers #phenotypes #pauloscott #danielhahn #theremainder #aliatrabuccozeran #sophiehughes #therooftop #fernandatrias #anorphanworld #anniemcdermott #juanaadcock #giuseppecaputo #readmoretranslations #readingtheworldonebookatatime https://www.instagram.com/p/Cja_-W9rhOo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaul #booksintranslation #readtranslatedbooks #beastings #benjaminmyers #phenotypes #pauloscott #danielhahn #theremainder #aliatrabuccozeran #sophiehughes #therooftop #fernandatrias #anorphanworld #anniemcdermott #juanaadcock #giuseppecaputo #readmoretranslations #readingtheworldonebookatatime