# When We Cease to Understand the World

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- Book: [When We Cease to Understand the World](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-labatut/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world) ([When We Cease to Understand the World.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-labatut/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world.md))
- Authors: [Benjamín Labatut](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-labatut), [Adrian Nathan West](https://www.bookquiver.com/adrian-nathan-west)
- Publisher: new_york_review_books
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-566-3
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2021-09-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature A fictional examination...