HH Bookchat : According to Her

Listen to this episode from The Holland House Bookchat on Spotify. Holland House Bookchat with Anna Blasiak and Maciej Hen about writing and translating 'According to Her', published by Holland House Books 2022. A book-length interview with the Mother of God. No questions, just answers. Mariamne is an old Jewish peasant woman from Galilee. She is visited by a young Greek man who came to see her to talk about her late son. Mariamne spins her story in the colourful and blunt language of a simple, old woman of natural intelligence and dry sense of humour. SHORTLISTED FOR THE EBRD LITERARY PRIZE A book-length interview with the Mother of God. No questions, just answers. Mariamne is an old Jewish peasant woman from Galilee. She is visited by a young Greek man who came to see her to talk about her late son. Mariamne spins her story in the colourful and blunt language of a simple, old woman of natural intelligence and dry sense of humour. www.hhousebooks.com/books/according-to-her "Her character is drawn with such skill that, as the end comes, we suffer with her" Antonia Senior, The Times More about Anna Blasiak here: ⁠http://www.annablasiak.com/ More about Maciej Hen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maciej_Hen Excerpts read by Anna Blasiak & Maciej Hen #bookchat #podcast #bookpodcast #historical fiction #maciejhen