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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 4, 2017

It's an exciting time for international literature, and the breadth and diversity of these longlists reflect that.

From established authors like Javier Marías to new voices like Basma Abdel Aziz, from works of speculative fiction like Wicked Weeds to family sagas from Senegal like Doomi Golo, there’s something on here for every type of reader.

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Best Translated Book Award 2017

Founded in 2008 by Three Percent at the University or Rochester, the focus on finding the best books in translation from the past year has been constant.

Super Extra Grande

Yoss and David Frye

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“Intergalactic space travel meets outrageous, biting satire in Super Extra Grande…. Its author...

Science fiction

Moshi Moshi

Banana Yoshimoto and Asa Yoneda

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In Moshi-Moshi, Yoshie’s much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown...

Fiction

My Marriage

Jakob Wassermann and Michael Hofmann

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Alexander Herzog, a young writer, goes to Vienna to escape his debts and a failed love affair. There...

Thriller

Vampire in Love

Margaret Jull Costa and Enrique Vila-Matas

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“Arguably Spain’s most significant contemporary literary figure” (Joanna Kavenna, The New...

Fiction

Memoirs of a Polar Bear

Susan Bernofsky and Yoko Tawada

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Someone tickled me behind my ears, under my arms. I curled up, became a full moon, and rolled on the...

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Heart Goes Last in Books

Oct 5, 2020

The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

7.5

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Charmaine and Stan are sick and tired of being homeless, unemployed and hungry. So much so, that they're willing to sign their whole lives away for jobs and a home, but at what price? Read my review of Margaret Atwood's latest speculative fiction book here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/09/19/positron-not-positive/