{"id":12175,"date":"2014-04-15T10:11:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=12175"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:52:51","slug":"2014-best-translated-book-award-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/04\/15\/2014-best-translated-book-award-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Best Translated Book Award Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-12175-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/Horses-of-God.jpg?fit=260%2C404\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11270&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Horses of God&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/My-Struggle-Book-21.jpg?fit=465%2C530\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11297&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;My-Struggle\\u0026#8212;-Book-2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Review copy courtesy of Archipelago Books.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/True-Novel.jpg?fit=776%2C1341\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11243&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;True Novel&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/Tirza.jpg?fit=1346%2C2048\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11241&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tirza&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/The-Story-of-a-New-Name.jpg?fit=948%2C1473\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11238&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Story of a New Name&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/The-Forbidden-Kingdom.jpg?fit=306%2C400\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11228&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Forbidden Kingdom&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/The-African-Shore.jpg?fit=391%2C600\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11221&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The African Shore&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/Seiobo-There-Below.jpg?fit=948%2C1458\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11216&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Seiobo There Below&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/Leg-Over-Leg.jpg?fit=200%2C300\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11205&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Leg Over Leg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/mookseandgripes.com\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/Blinding.jpg?fit=420%2C488\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11198&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Blinding&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>Just announced, the ten finalists for this year&#8217;s Best Translated Book Award:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinhouse.com\/books\/fiction-poetry\/horses-of-god.html\"><strong><em>Horses of God<\/em> by Mahi Binebine<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the French by Lulu Norman (Morocco; Tin House)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archipelagobooks.org\/book\/blinding\/\"><strong><em>Blinding<\/em> by Mircea C?rt?rescu<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter (Romania; Archipelago Books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europaeditions.com\/book.php?Id=251\"><strong><em>The Story of a New Name<\/em> by Elena Ferrante<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (Italy; Europa Editions)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/arnon-grunberg\/products\/tirza\"><strong><em>Tirza<\/em> by Arnon Grunberg<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett (Netherlands; Open Letter Books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archipelagobooks.org\/book\/my-struggle-book-two\/\"><strong><em>My Struggle: Book Two<\/em> by Karl Ove Knausgaard<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett (Norway; Archipelago Books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ndbooks.com\/book\/seiobo-there-below\"><strong><em>Seiobo There Below<\/em> by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (Hungary; New Directions)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherpress.com\/books\/true-novel\/\"><strong><em>A True Novel<\/em> by Minae Mizumur<\/strong>a,<\/a> translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters (Japan; Other Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yalepress.yale.edu\/book.asp?isbn=9780300196108\"><strong><em>The African Shore<\/em> by Rodrigo Rey Rosa<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Spanish by Jeffrey Gray (Guatemala; Yale University Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyupress.org\/books\/book-details.aspx?bookId=11268\"><strong><em>Leg Over Leg Vol. 1<\/em> by Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies (Lebanon; New York University Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pushkinpress.com\/book\/the-forbidden-kingdom\/\"><strong><em>The Forbidden Kingdom<\/em> by Jan Jacob Slauerhoff<\/strong>,<\/a> translated from the Dutch by Paul Vincent (Netherlands; Pushkin Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an exceptional list of books. I have reviewed only one here so far (<em>My Struggle: Book Two<\/em>), but I have read four others and loved each. I&#8217;ll get those reviews posted, as well as read the others, this next month. The winners will be announced soon, though, on April 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Best Translated Book Award shortlist is fantastic! <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/04\/15\/2014-best-translated-book-award-shortlist\/\"><u>Read the full post<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[532],"tags":[],"coauthors":[505],"class_list":["post-12175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-prize-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BTBA-Logo.png?fit=256%2C202&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqqvZ-3an","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12178,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12175\/revisions\/12178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12175"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}