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

• Review from Winstonsdad’s Blog
• Review from Messengers Booker
• Review from Follow the Thread

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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

• Review from Tony’s Reading List

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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

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