Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Lars Saabye Christensen on the long list
By Peter on Mar 24, 2008 in Lars Saabye Christensen, The World of Books
The long-list:
- Alaa Al-Aswany, The Yacoubian Building (translated by Humphrey Davies from the Arabic, and published by Fourth Estate)
- Bi Feiyu, The Moon Opera (Howard Goldblatt; Chinese; Telegram)
- Lars Saabye Christensen, The Model (Don Bartlett; Norwegian; Arcadia)
- Jenny Erpenbeck, The Book of Words (Susan Bernofsky; German; Portobello)
- Pawel Huelle, Castorp (Antonia Lloyd-Jones; Polish; Serpent’s Tail)
- Ismail Kadare, Agamemnon’s Daughter (David Bellos; French; Canongate)
- Sayed Kashua, Let It Be Morning (Miriam Shlesinger; Hebrew; Atlantic)
- Daniel Kehlmann, Measuring the World (Carol Brown Janeway; German; Quercus)
- Erwin Mortier, Shutterspeed (Ina Rilke; Dutch; Harvill Secker)
- Marlene van Niekerk, The Way of the Women (Michiel Heyns; Afrikaans; Little, Brown)
- Bengt Ohlsson, Gregorius (Silvester Mazzarella; Swedish; Portobello)
- Alan Pauls, The Past (Nick Caistor; Spanish; Harvill Secker)
- Peter Pist’anek, Rivers of Babylon (Peter Petro; Slovak; Garnett Press)
- Laura Restrepo, Delirium (Natasha Wimmer; Spanish; Harvill Secker)
- Yasmina Traboulsi, Bahia Blues (Polly McLean; French; Arcadia)
- Paul Verhaeghen, Omega Minor (the author; Dutch; Dalkey Archive Press)
- Enrique Vila-Matas, Montano (Jonathan Dunne; Spanish; Harvill Secker)
Sourse: The Independent
The winner will be announced in May.
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