# A Cortège of Snails

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Podcast: [The TLS Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tls-podcast-319094)
Published: 2026-02-19T12:07:29+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2389

## Resource

This week, Peter Filkins, winner of the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize, joins us with chair of the judges Boyd Tonkin to talk about the mercurial genius of Elias Canetti; and a poem in praise of Tuesdays by Jamie McKendrick. 'The Book Against Death', by Elias Canetti, translated by Peter Filkins 'Mardi Gras', by Jamie McKendrick Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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