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Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
5.0

This short book is pure genius. In so few pages, Katie Kitamura explores precision of language both in how the (unnamed) main character wrestles with objectivity/subjectivity in her job as an interpreter at The Hague as she interacts with war criminals, lawyers, and other interpreters. Kitamura also does a brilliant job exploring personal and political complicity, loneliness, and belongingness. Also, I love that this book was set at The Hague—I ended up in the Google vortex for a while. I can totally understand all the accolades that this book received.