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The Man Booker International Prize Shortlist
In 2015, ‘The Vegetarian‘ by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith) was one of my top reads of the year. In 2016, it was rightly awarded the (newly reorganised) Man Booker International Prize. In honour of those judges getting it … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Lists, Man Booker International Prize 2017, Reading in translation
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Tagged A Horse Walks into a Bar, Amos Oz, Compass, David Grossman, Dorthe Nors, Fever Dream, Judas, Man Booker International Prize, Mathias Enard, Mirror shoulder signal, Roy Jacobsen, Samata Schweblin, The Unseen
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