Kenan Orhan’s “The Renovation” was longlisted the 2026 Booker Prize. 
The book follows a woman who discovers that her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell where she is an unlikely inmate. 
Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Kenan to explore the book’s themes of exile, grief, memory, migration and the meaning of home. 
This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle. 
 

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