Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Man Booker International Prize 2022

Man Booker International Prize 2022
(details)
long list announced: March 10
short list announced: April 7 ***
winner announced: May 26

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WINNER: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree

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THE LONG LIST: 13 works
After the Sun
by Jonas Eika
translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg
Short Stories, Denmark | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Cursed Bunny ***
by Bora Chung
translated by Anton Hurby
Short Stories, Horror, Korea | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

A New Name Septology VI-VII ***
by Jon Fosse
translated by Damion Searls
Literary, Norway | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

More Than I Love My Life
by David Grossman
translated by Jessica Cohen
Historical, Israel, Jewish | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Book of Mother
by Violaine Huisman
translated by Leslie Camhi
Contemporary, Mental Health, France | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Heaven ***
by Mieko Kawakami
translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Literary, Coming of Age, Japan | Published: 2021 (first 2009) | Goodreads | my rating: 5

Paradais
by Fernanda Melchor
translated by Sophie Hughes
Novella, Literary, Mexico | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Love in the Big City
by Sang Young Park
translated by Anton Hur
Contemporary, LGBTQ, Korea | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

Happy Stories, Mostly
by Norman Erikson Pasaribu
translated by Tiffany Tsao
Short Stories, LGBTQ, Indonesia | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Elena Knows ***
by Claudia PiƱeiro
translated by Frances Riddle
Mystery, Thriller, Feminism, Argentina | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Phenotypes
by Paulo Scott
translated by Daniel Hahn
Contemporary, Brazil | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Tomb of Sand ***
by Geetanjali Shree
translated by Daisy Rockwell
Literary, LGBTQ, India | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Books of Jacob ***
by Olga Tokarczuk
Historical, Poland | Published: February 2022 | Goodreads


 
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