22 - Books that changed us

30/03/2025 36 min

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Episode Synopsis

Our hosts are back with our second chapter on books and languages! Do they still read in their mother tongue? What gets lost when translating a book? And of course we have a lot of recommendations for you, including books written by polyglots, so choose your fighter:- Jakub Kolas, "Novaya Ziamlia" - Simone Pols, "Il Mondo tra le mani" - Svetlana Alexievich, "Second-hand time" -Eirin Meyer, “The Culture Map”-Theodor Kallifatides, “Another Life”-Kato Lomb, “Polyglot: How I Learn Languages”-Daniel Kahneman, "Thinking, Fast and Slow"