The International Booker Prize 2024 Longlist
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Translated from the Russian by Boris DralyukKyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.When Samson Kolechko's…
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Translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel HahnRodrigo Blanco Calderón has established himself as one of the great voices of Latin American literature with his debut novel The Night, and his…
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Translated by Annie McDermottThree men go out fishing, returning to a favourite spot on the river despite their memories of a terrible accident there years earlier. As a long, sultry day passes, they drink and cook and talk and dance, and…
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Translated by Julia SanchesA provocative autobiographical novel that reckons with the legacy of colonialism through one woman’s family ties to both colonised and coloniserAlone in an ethnographic museum in Paris, Gabriela Wiener…
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Translated by Kate WebsterWhite Nights, the debut short story collection from poet Urszula Honek, is a series of thirteen interconnected stories concerning the various tragedies and misfortunes that befall a group of people who all…
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Translated by Sora Kim-Russell & Youngjae Josephine BaeInternational Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century…
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Translated by Sarah Timmer HarveyWhat if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them?This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What…
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Translated by Johnny LorenzHeralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary awards and global acclaim'I heard our grandmother asking what…
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Translated by Oonagh StranskyLonglisted for the INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024Winner of the STREGA PRIZEThe extraordinary novel that confirmed Domenico Starnone as one of the greatest writers in modern Italian…
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Translated by Leah JaneczkoThe 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy‘Deliciously enjoyable’ Katherine Heiny‘I adored it‘ Naoise Dolan‘Hilarious’ Roddy…
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Translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson'Comrade Stalin wishes to speak with you.'A fascinating exploration of the relationship between writers and tyranny, from the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize.In June 1934,…
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Translated by Michael Hofmann'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel Mukherjee Berlin. 11 July 1986. They…
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Translated by Kira JosefssonTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)WINNER OF THE AFTONBLADET LITERARY PRIZE 2022‘[A] miraculous sort of novel’ Hernan Diaz, author of TRUST‘I wish I…
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