David Ebsworth ‘The House on Hunter Street’ and Monika Evans on literature in translation (#16)

In this episode Paul interviews author David Ebsworth (aka Dave McCall) about his new book The House on Hunter Street, set in Liverpool in 1911. For more information about Dave and his previous books, visit Dave’s website.

Paul also talks to Monika Evans about her love for The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and the challenges and surprises (Robert Burns in Silesian!) of literature in translation. Dave also speaks about having his novel Until the Curtain Falls translated into Spanish. You can check out Monika’s excellent work as a singer/songwriter on her SoundCloud page.

Gwyn, Lara and Paul catch up after the long summer and check in on their current reading.

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Here are some of the other books we talked about:

• Alexandre Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo
• Charlotte Belton – Putin’s People
• Janina Ramirez – Femina
• Elise Downing – Coasting
• Arthur C. Clarke – Cradle
• John Woolf – The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
• Dan Jones – The Hollow Crown
• Graham Swift – Waterland
• Nyuyen Phan Que Mai – The Mountains Sing
• Cixin Liu – The Three Body Problem
• Andri Snaer Magnason – LoveStar
• Tove Jansson – The True Deceiver
• Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Victor Hugo – Les Miserables
• Marjane Satrapi – Persepolis
• Nora Krug – Heimat