Books by Martin Aitken
The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century
by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken
“Its structure is extraordinary. I’ve never read anything like it. It’s as though we’ve raided the filing cabinet of the human resources department on a spaceship where half the workers are humans, and the other half are… I suppose robots, or artificial intelligences contained in humanoid bodies. Each of these people, these spaceship dwellers, have been asked to report on their state of mind to the personnel department, and there’s this wonderful conjunction of fantasy with the most tedious aspects of office life and bureaucracy. It’s so funny.” Read more...
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Biographer
Interviews where books by Martin Aitken were recommended
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At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis -
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories
by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell -
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When We Cease to Understand the World
by Benjamin Labatut, translated by Adrian Nathan West -
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The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century
by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken -
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In Memory of Memory
by Maria Stepanova, by Sasha Dugdale -
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The War of the Poor
by Éric Vuillard, translated by Mark Polizzotti
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Every year the International Booker Prize judges read dozens of novels from around the world, which are newly translated into English. Here Lucy Hughes-Hallett—award-winning author and chair of this year’s judging panel—talks us through the six books that made their 2021 shortlist of the best world literature.
