Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other
Paul looks at Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
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Kevin Barry: Night Boat to Tangier
Paul reviews Kevin Barry’s Night Boat to Tangier, which was recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
Deborah Levy: The Man Who Saw Everything
Paul looks at Deborah Levy’s The Man Who Saw Everything, recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
Max Porter: Lanny
Max Porter’s Lanny was recently longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize. Here is Paul’s review.
Jokha Alharthi: Celestial Bodies
Paul reviews this year’s winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi, translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.
Sayaka Murata: Convenience Store Woman
Paul reviews Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori and recently longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award.
Sjón: CoDex 1962
Paul reviews Sjón’s CoDex 1962, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. This novel was recently placed on this year’s Best Translated Book Award longlist.
Anne Serre: The Governesses
Paul reviews Anne Serre’s 1992 novel The Governesses, which was recently put on the longlist for the Best Translated Book Award.
Valeria Luiselli: Lost Children Archive
Paul reviews Valeria Luiselli’s 2019 novel Lost Children Archive, recently longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Sara Stridsberg: The Faculty of Dreams
Paul reviews his favorite (so far) of the Man Booker International Prize longlist, Sara Stridsberg’s The Faculty of Dreams, translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner.