Books of the year 2022
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The First Fiddle, by Sege Radchenko, Is Out in 2023
Avis: I'd like to see a new translation of the Iliad, which Emily Wilson has done. She did the Odyssey before and does it beautifully; you want to at once keep the sense that this is an old language but without it feeling ye oldy. He says he can't wait for two books by Sege Radchenko in 2023 on Soviet Union during Cold War. Avis: They're going to transform the way we understand the Soviet Union - seeing it as a historical object will be fascinating.
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