Fionnáin started reading Water: A Chronicle by Ngọc Tư Nguyễn
Winner of the PEN Translates Award 2024
At the heart of this watery ‘chronicle’ is …
I saw this in a nice independent bookshop while on residency in north England and picked it up based on the cover (yes, judging a book!) and a quick read of a couple of the paragraphs inside.