They’ve announced this year’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist. Below are the six titles plus several reviews of each (I have more to add — I got behind).
A Man in Love (published as My Struggle: Vol. 2 in the United States), by Karl Ove Knausgaard; tr. from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
- My review
- Review from The Complete Review
- Review from Winstonsdad’s Blog
- Review from Tony’s Reading List
- Review from Messengers Booker
- Review from Follow the Thread
- Review from Jacqui Wine
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A Meal in Winter, by Hubert Mingarelli; tr. from the French by Sam Taylor
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Revenge, by Yoko Ogawa; tr. form the Japanese by Stephen Snyder
- My review
- Review from Lizzy’s Literary Life
- Review from ANZ LitLovers
- Review from The Complete Review
- Review from Winstonsdad’s Blog
- Review from Dolce Bellezza
- Review from Word by Word
- Review from Reading Matters
- Review from Follow the Thread
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Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami; tr. form the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
- Review from The Complete Review
- Review from Winstonsdad’s Blog
- Review from Tony’s Reading List
- Review from Messengers Booker
- Review from Dolce Bellezza
- Review from Jacqui Wine
- Review from The Writes of Woman
- Review from Reading Matters
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The Iraqi Christ, by Hassan Blasim; tr. from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
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The Mussell Feast, by Birgit Vanderbeke; tr. from the German by Jamie Bulloch
- KevinfromCanada’s Review
- Review from Winstonsdad’s Blog
- Review from Tony’s Reading List
- Review from Reading Matters
- Snapshot from Follow the Thread
- Review from Word by Word
- Review from Dolce Bellezza
And don’t forget that the Shadow Panel had a slightly different opinion ;)
http://tonysreadinglist.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/iffp-2014-two-shortlists_8.html
All six have been reviewed at my messybooker.blogspot.com blog plus more on the Shadow Jury’s list