There's a 0% chance that I read all of these in 2024, but a person can dream.

0:00 Intro
1:51 The Obscene Bird of Night
3:37 Praiseworthy
5:43 Chevengur
7:14 The Case of Cem
9:24 Lies and Sorcery
10:28 The Children of the Dead
11:51 The End
13:00 Shimmering Details
14:51 Marshland
16:05 Divine Days
17:30 Gate of the Sun
19:17 City of Torment
20:55 Palurino of Mexico
22:28 Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
24:10 The Stones of Summer
26:23 Conclusions

Books discussed:
The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso, trans. Hardie St. Martin, Leonard Mades, and Megan McDowell (pub. New Directions)
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (pub. Giramondo, New Directions, And Other Stories)
Chevengur by Andrey Platonov, trans. Robert and Elizabeth Chandler (pub. NYRB)
The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva, trans. Angela Rodel (pub. Sandorf Passage)
Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante, trans. Jenny McPhee (pub. NYRB)
The Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek, trans. Gitta Honegger (pub. Yale University Press)
The End by Attila Bartis, trans. Judith Sollosy (pub. Archipelago Press)
Shimmering Details Vols 1 + 2, trans. Judith Sollosy (pub. FSG)
Marshland by Otohiko Kaga, trans. Albert Novik (Dalkey Archive
Divine Days by Leon Forrest (pub. Northwestern University Press)
Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury, trans. Humphrey Davies (pub. Archipelago Press)
City of Torment by Daniela Hodrová, trans. Véronique Firkusny and Elena Sokol (pub. Jantar Publishing)
Palinuro of Mexico by Fernando del Paso, trans. Elisabeth Plaister (Dalkey Archive)
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young (Scribners (repub. by Dalkey Archive))
The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman (pub. Barnes and Noble)

Reviews mentioned:
@JorgesCorner review of The Obscene Bird of the Night:    • José Donoso's The Obscene Bird of Nig...  
@georgesalisbookhauls interview with Dow Mossman: https://thecollidescope.com/2023/08/1...
Andrei at The Untranslated's review of José Trio: https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com...

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