Thirteen books make this year’s longlist for translated fiction, which awards a first prize of £50,000
Olga Ravn, Daniel Kehlmann, Ia Genberg, Mathias Énard and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara are among those…
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On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review – how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting ⊕⊕
The hypnotic third novel in the hit Danish series grapples with the philosophical realities of being stuck on repeat in 18 November
The time loop story, in which characters repeatedly relive the same …
3 months ago
Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck review – a kaleidoscopic study of transience ⊕
A collection of columns by the German Booker winner reveals a keen eye for details that mark the passing of time
Jenny Erpenbeck wrote the pieces collected in this compact yet kaleidoscopic book for a…
4 months ago
‘They disappeared when the wall came down’: German author Jenny Erpenbeck on the objects that contain vast histories ⊖⊖
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From the drip catchers of coffee pots to the typewriter she used for her first works, the International Booker prize-winning writer reflects on the hidden significance of everyday items
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Nobel prize in literature 2025 is announced – live ⊕⊕
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Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm
Ladbrokes has Chinese experimentalist Can Xue and Hungary’s melancholy master László Krasznah…
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‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal ○
There’s a growing appetite for stories from around the globe – if only we can avoid the cliches and exoticism of recent years, writes the International Booker nominee
When I heard that a major intern…
7 months ago
Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father ○
The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavement
The Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov was published quietly in the Anglo…
9 months ago
‘My legal work sows the seeds of my stories’: International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq ○
The author and activist, who was subject to a fatwa in 2000, has won the prestigious prize for translated fiction for her short stories about the lives of Muslim women. She and her translator Deepa B…
India's Banu Mushtaq scripts history with International Booker win ○
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Mushtaq won the prize for the short story collection Heart Lamp, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.
‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize ○
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
Heart Lamp by Banu Mus…