The International Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist Reaction

The shortlist for the 2023 International Booker Prize is here! Here are my reactions to the six books that made the cut (and the ones that didn't). Expand for more information. 👇

Links 💻
The International Booker Site: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...

Further Viewing 🎥
Longlist Reaction:    • The International Booker Prize Longli...  
Last Year’s Winner Reaction:    • Winner Reaction for the International...  

The Shortlist 📚
Still Born, Guadalupe Nettel (translated by Rosalind Harvey)
Standing Heavy. GauZ’ (translated by Frank Wynne)
Time Shelter, Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel)
The Gospel According to the New World, Maryse Condé (translated by Richard Philcox)
Whale, Cheon Myeong-kwan (translated by Chi-Young Kim)
Boulder, Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanches)

Titles From the Longlist That Didn’t Make It 📕
Ninth Building, You Jingzhi (translated by Jeremy Tiang)
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding, Amanda Svensson (translated by Nichola Smalley)
Pyre, Perumal Murugan (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan)
While We Were Dreaming, Clemens Meyer (translated by Katy Derbyshire)
The Birthday Party, Laurent Mauvignier (translated by Daniel Levin Becker)
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv, Andrey Kurkov (translated by Reuben Woolley)
Is Mother Dead, Vigdis Hjorth (translated by Charlotte Barslund)

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