Shadow IFFP 2013 reviews
I was late putting this together Last year but thanks the wonderful lisa have been able to make a page with our reviews so far for the 2013 Indpendent Foreign Fiction prizes shadow Jury .I have also followed lisa and add a few other reviews we have enjoyed from round the web .
HE DETOUR by Gerbrand Bakker; trans. David Colmer (Dutch); Harvill Secker
BUNDU by Chris Barnard; trans. Michiel Heyns (Afrikaans); Alma Books
HHhH by Lauren Binet; trans. Sam Taylor (French); Harvill Secker (On order)
TRIESTE by Dasa Drndic; trans. Ellen Elias-Bursac (Croatian); MacLehose
COLD SEA STORIES by Pawel Huelle; trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Polish); Comma
THE MURDER OF HALLAND by Pia Juul; trans. Martin Aitken (Danish); Peirene
THE FALL OF THE STONE CITY by Ismail Kadare; trans. John Hodgson (Albanian); Canongate (On order)
IN PRAISE OF HATRED by Khalid Khalifa; trans. Leri Price (Arabic); Transworld
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by Karl Ove Knausgaard; trans. Don Bartlett (Norwegian); Harvill Secker;
SATANTANGO by Laszlo Krasznahorkai; trans. George Szirtes (Hungarian); Tuskar Rock
BLACK BAZAAR by Alain Mabanckou; trans. Sarah Ardizzone (French); Serpent’s Tail
THE LAST OF THE VOSTYACHS by Diego Marani; trans. Judith Landry (Italian); Dedalus;
TRAVELLER OF THE CENTURY by Andres Neuman; trans. Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia (Spanish); Harvill Secker
SILENT HOUSE by Orhan Pamuk; trans. Robert Finn (Turkish); Faber
THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING by Juan Garcia Vasquez; trans. Anne McLean (Spanish); Bloomsbury
DUBLINESQUE by Enrique Vilas-Matas; trans. Rosalind Harvey & Anne McLean (Spanish); Harvill Secker
All book titles link to places to but the book
Mar 28, 2013 @ 12:10:10
Great work. here is a couple more (Traveller of the Century &The murder of Halland) & if Andre Neuman makes the cut which I believe he should I’ve also an interview.
http://parrishlantern.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/traveller-of-century-andres-neuman.html?m=1
http://parrishlantern.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-scandinavian-whydunit.html?m=1
Apr 03, 2013 @ 02:39:16
Here’s my review of In Praise of Hatred: http://biblioglobal.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/syria-in-praise-of-hatred-book-from-every-country-36/