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 Piñeiro
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

Man Booker International Prize Reading Challenge 2020

Man Booker International Prize
Reading Challenge
official site
Long list announced: February 27, 2020
Short list announced: April 2, 2020
Winner announced: August 26, 2020

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Setting up this self-challenge for some arm-chair traveling.

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W I N N E R: tba

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Books on the short list:

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
by Shokoofeh Azar
translated by Anonymous
Historical, Magical Realism, 70's, Farsi-Iran | Goodreads

The Adventures of China Iron
by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh
Feminism, LGBTQ, Spanish-Argentina | Goodreads

Tyll
by Daniel Kehlmann
translated by Ross Benjamin
Historical, Germany-German | Goodreads

Hurricane Season
by Fernanda Melchor
translated by Sophie Hughes
Literary, Spanish-Mexico | Goodreads

The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
translated by Stephen Snyder
Dystopia, Japanese-Japan | Goodreads

The Discomfort of Evening
by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
translated by Michele Hutchison
Contemporary, Dutch-Netherlands | Goodreads

Man Booker International Prize Reading Challenge 2019

Man Booker International Prize
Reading Challenge
official site

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The short list was announced on April 9 and it got me wanting to give the batch a go. This self-challenge is also a wonderful way to do some arm-chair traveling.

The winner will be announced on May 21.

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W I N N E R: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

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Books on the short list:

Celestial Bodies
by Jokha Alharthi
Literary, Coming of Age, Oman | Goodreads

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
Literary, Mystery, Poland | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 5

The Pine Islands
by Marion Poschmann
Literary, Germany | Goodreads

The Remainder
by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Literary, Chile | Goodreads

The Shape of the Ruins
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Literary, Historical, Columbia | Goodreads

The Years
by Annie Ernaux
-Memoir, France | Goodreads | my review: DNF