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In the first volume of his Septology sequence, Jon Fosse presents us with a meditative portrait of an ageing painter – and his doppelganger

This Women in Translation Month, discover translated fiction from across the globe, as recommended by International Booker Prize-nominated authors 

We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works, and about their favourite books

The author of My Friends, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the classic that inspired him to become a writer, and why he always returns to Proust

The author of Playground, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about his journey from physics to fiction, and the surreal book that showed him a novel ‘could make its own rules’ 

The author of Creation Lake, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, discusses her fascination with prehistory, and the writer who established a new set of language rules

The author of Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, shares the childhood memory that inspired her latest book, and her admiration for the ‘faultless’ novel by J.L. Carr 

The author of Headshot, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the personal experiences that inspired her novel and the shapeshifting power of Virginia Woolf

The author of This Strange Eventful History, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, discusses the need to tell the stories of worldviews that have vanished, and five books she would describe as ‘perfect’

The author of Orbital, winner of the Booker Prize 2024, on how her novel was 25 years in the making, and the work of translated fiction that haunts her