Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about Mister, Mister, their picaresque study of a young radicalised poet. Plus Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein on literary thefts in fiction
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about Mister, Mister, their picaresque and piercing novel about young man's journey to becoming a radicalised Muslim poet, set during the world-changing events of the 1990s and 2000s
Rebecca F. Kuang and Andrew Lipstein discuss the moral ambiguities at the heart of their new books, both of which feature literary thefts and satirise the contemporary publishing industry. We ask "who owns a story?" in the age where discussions about cultural appropriation and the emergence of Artificial Intelligence destabilise traditional notions of a creative work.
Plus Roy Williamson of Pushkin Press choses his Editor's Pick for next month - a Japanese novel which makes everyday experience feel strange and vertiginous.
Book List – Sunday 28 May and Thursday 1 June
Mister, Mister by Guy Gunaratne
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang
Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein
Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai: Translated by Polly Barton
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