{"id":443062,"date":"2023-08-21T16:17:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=443062"},"modified":"2023-08-21T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:17:03","slug":"revisiting-monsterhuman-by-kjersti-skomsvold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2023\/08\/21\/revisiting-monsterhuman-by-kjersti-skomsvold\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting “Monsterhuman” by Kjersti Skomsvold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As part of Women in Translation Month\u2014and to shine a spotlight on some of our best Two Month Review seasons\u2014I thought I would repost information about a few relevant TMR seasons that might be of interest. First up is Monsterhuman\u00a0<\/em>by Kjersti Skomsvold, translated from the Norwegian by B. L. Crook<\/strong><\/a>. Here’s the jacket copy:<\/p>\n

When Kjersti A. Skomsvold was seventeen years old and about to start engineering studies at college, she found herself almost unable to move. “Laid out like a relic” in a nursing home, she listens to an old woman dying, watches her boyfriend drift away, and makes compendious lists of her worries (that she will have to go speed-dating in a wheelchair, that she will be afraid and in pain for the rest of her life). She also begins to compose a novel on Post-it notes that she sticks on the wall above her bed.<\/p>\n

Monsterhuman<\/i>\u00a0is an autofictional tour de force–a funny, sad, astoundingly energetic novel about suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, the power of writing, and twenty-first-century literary life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here are links to each episode along with info on which pages were covered.<\/p>\n

Episode 1<\/a>: Pages 1-45 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 2<\/a>: Pages 46-92 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 3<\/a>: Pages 93-143 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 4<\/a>: Pages 144-180 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 5<\/a>: Pages 180-225 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 6<\/a>: Pages 226-274 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 7<\/a>: Pages 275-316 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 8<\/a>: Pages 316-360 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 9<\/a>: Pages 360-406 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Episode 10<\/a>: Pages 407-448 (YouTube<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Enjoy!<\/p>\n

And while you’re here, you should get a copy of\u00a0Mulligan Stew\u00a0<\/em>by Gilbert Sorrentino<\/strong><\/a> and be ready for Season Twenty of TMR starting on September 6th!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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