LoLT: Immersive Theater and Two New Books

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, we’re excited two new books: The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft and Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How It Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath. Then Dave shares his thrilling experience at Guys and Dolls in London. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft Flights by Olga Tokarczuk Excerpt of The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft Why Translators Should Be Named on Book Covers 27 Great Books In Translation Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How It Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath Nye at the National Theatre, London National Theatre Tour info Six, The Musical around the world Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre, London Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, London Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery, which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
0:10.2	Save and splurge at Arcado, the online supermarket. Geographical and other restrictions. Minimum spend, 60 pounds and charges apply.
0:16.6	New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at Accardo.com.
0:21.3	Coming up. A thriller about the art of translation.
0:25.8	A doctor explains why your memory might not be what it was.
0:29.5	Plus our distraction of the week.
0:31.6	I'm Mel.
0:32.3	I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:36.9	I'm fascinated by the work of translators, especially of novels, just in awe of their ability
0:43.7	to capture the style and the emotion of the story while transforming it from its original
0:49.8	language to another.
0:51.5	I agree.
0:52.5	And they capture character and setting and tone. It's a literary magic trick.
0:58.4	Strong agree. Jennifer Croft is a very successful translator. She's done award-winning work
1:04.7	translating Polish, Ukrainian, and Argentine Spanish, which all sound really challenging and not related to each other.
1:13.3	No.
1:14.0	She won the 2018 International Booker Prize for her translation of flights by Olga Tokarchuk.
1:20.8	She's also an advocate for including translators' names on the covers of books.
1:25.2	Yeah.
1:25.5	And to that, I'm like, yes, what?
1:29.4	Why is this not happening?
1:31.0	Yeah.
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