# Daniel Kehlmann

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Summer Reading

Anne Marie & Kim are sitting down for a chat about what they are reading, and what they hope to read, this Summer season.  Books Mentioned:  H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald The Illiad - Homer The Odyssey - Homer The River Is Waiting - Wally Lamb The Director - Daniel Kehlmann Everyday I Read - Hwan…

Taiwan Traveloge by Yang Shuang-zi - 2026 International Booker Prize Winner

This month, Ian, Bev, and Alo discuss Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize. Blending food, travel, history, and colonial politics, this richly layered novel invites readers on a journey through 1930s Taiwan, where every meal tells a story and every …

Shifting Identities

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about shifting identities.  In “Voices”, by German writer Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, a computer technician’s mobile phone takes over his life—and not in the usual way.The reader is David Costabile.Writer Chika Unigwe sets a subtle story …

The Director Audiobook by Daniel Kehlmann

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The DirectorCategories: 20th Century, Biography, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War IIAuthor: Daniel KehlmannNarrator: Nicholas BoultonPublisher: riverrunRelease date: 05-22-2025Language: EnglishSummary:An artist's life, a pa…

Why Is Mamdani Everywhere? Anya Schiffrin on the Mayor's Army of Influencers

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on your taxi screen, on the Wi-Fi kiosk, in your feed. Anya Schiffrin spent the summer figuring out why. Schiffrin, who teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, led a Tow Center team that identified 189 influencers with ties to the administration — a…

Would You Make Art for a Dictator?

Daniel Kehlmann’s The Director, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, tells the story of legendary filmmaker G.W. Pabst and raises a question that extends far beyond one artist or one historical moment: what happens when creative people find themselves face to face with power? In th…

Elizabeth Strout returns, Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear and more new fiction

This week’s Bookshelf features the latest from Elizabeth Strout, creator of Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, returning with a stand‑alone novel called The Things We Never Say. We’re also reading an ambitious, genre‑bending novel that moves from 1980s gaming culture to far‑future space travel, and …

You Should Have Left Audiobook by Daniel Kehlmann

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: You Should Have LeftSubtitle: A NovelCategories: Fiction, Ghost, Horror, OccultAuthor: Daniel KehlmannNarrator: Robertson DeanPublisher: Random House AudioRelease date: 06-13-2017Language: EnglishSummary:From the internationally …