The International Booker Prize Longlist 2023 - Reaction

It's time for my favourite book prize! Here are the 13 novels longlisted for the International Booker – celebrating the best new translated fiction. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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International Booker Prize: https://thebookerprizes.com

Shortlist: April 18
Winner: May 23

Interview between Mariana Enriquez & Guadalupe Nettel:
   • Mariana Enriquez & Guadalupe Nettel I...  


The full longlist & purchase links:

Boulder – Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanches)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

The Gospel According to the New World - Maryse Conde (translated by Richard Philcox)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

Standing Heavy – GauZ' (translated by Frank Wynne)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152...

Time Shelter - Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978147...

Is Mother Dead – Vigdis Hjorth (translated by Charlotte Barslund)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183...

Ninth Building – Zou Jingzhi (translated by Jeremy Tiang)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978173...

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Andrey Kurkov (translated by Reuben Woolley)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152...

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier (translated by Daniel Levin Becker)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180...

While We Were Dreaming – Clemens Meyer (translated by Katy Derbyshire)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180...

Pyre – Perumal Murugan (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178...

Whale – Cheon Myeong-Kwan (translated by Chi-Young Kim)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178...

Still Born - Guadalupe Nettel (translated by Rosalind Harvey)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding - Amanda Svensson (translated by Nichola Smalley)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191...


Other books discussed:

Tomb of Sand - Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
https://tidd.ly/3GDwkTd

Lullaby - Leila Slimani (translated by Sam Taylor)
https://tidd.ly/3J4tc4p

The Garden of Evening Mists – Tan Twan Eng
https://tidd.ly/3lbAwmO

The Gift of Rain - Tan Twan Eng
https://tidd.ly/3ypU9L8

Our Share of Night – Marianna Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
https://tidd.ly/3QWqiSZ


My full reviews:
Tomb of Sand - Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...

Lullaby - Leila Slimani
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:35 Longlist overview
5:32 Boulder
7:10 The Gospel According to the New World
7:59 Standing Heavy
8:44 Time Shelter
10:19 Is Mother Dead
11:05 Ninth Building
11:44 Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv
12:52 The Birthday Party
14:05 While We Were Dreaming
15:10 Pyre
15:46 Whale
16:23 Still Born
17:31 A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
19:19 Conclusion

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