Taking you to the Booker International Prize announcement party and chatting about what I’ve read so far from the newly announced short list and what I’m now eager to read next. Will you be reading the #MBI2019 list? Click ‘Show More’ for info.
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Winner announced May 21st
My reviews
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
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At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
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The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann
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The shortlist:
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Oman), translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth
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The Years by Annie Ernaux (France), translated by Alison Strayer
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The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann (Germany), translated by Jen Calleja
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland), translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), translated from Spanish by Anne McLean
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The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán (Chile and Italy), translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes
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