The delightfully destabilising Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu (translated from the Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao) was awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize (for books published by small presses). >>The other short-listed books for the RoC Prize are also all outstandingly good.
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for its playful-yet-deeply-serious exploration of the contradictions, currents and undercurrents experienced in American Jewishness.
No-One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood was awarded the Dylan Thomas Prize ("for the best literary work written in English by an author under forty") for her funny and tragic novel of the internet's relationship with what we call 'real life'. >>"The voice of a generation." >>Read Thomas's review.
The short list for the 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE contains six books representing a diverse pool of excellent fiction translated into English:
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft)
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle)
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)
A New Name (Septology VI—VII) by Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls)
>>Order your copies now. >>Find out more about the books, the authors, and the translators.
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft)
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle)
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)
A New Name (Septology VI—VII) by Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls)
>>Order your copies now. >>Find out more about the books, the authors, and the translators.
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