Ourshelves with Victoria Belim

<p>Victoria Belim is a writer, journalist, and translator of Persian literature and poetry. She speaks eighteen languages, including Japanese, Turkish, and Indonesian. Her memoir,&nbsp;<a href="https://store.virago.co.uk/products/the-rooster-house?_pos=1&amp;_sid=3b520f364&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Rooster House</em>,</a> was published earlier this year by Virago and explores her search for the truth behind an unmentioned family secret - and the Ukrainian people's complex relationship with their Soviet history.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, Victoria and Lucy Scholes unpick Victoria’s fascination with learning languages; the rich tradition of Ukrainian poetry and the frustrations and excitement of translating it; our obsession with the little details of how other people live; and the continued relevance of Virginia Woolf’s&nbsp;<em>A Room of One’s Own.</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>