{"id":15883,"date":"2015-05-27T15:21:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=15883"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T17:09:14","slug":"2015-best-translated-book-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/05\/27\/2015-best-translated-book-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Best Translated Book Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/04\/07\/2015-best-translated-book-award-longlist\/btba-2015-banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?fit=800%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BTBA 2015 Banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?fit=800%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?resize=800%2C400\" alt=\"BTBA 2015 Banner\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BTBA-2015-Banner.jpg?fit=800%2C400&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not long after the IFFP winner was announced, we also get the winner of the BTBA! What a wonderful day!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2015\/03\/11\/2015-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-longlist\/the-last-lover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover.jpg?fit=387%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"387,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Last Lover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover.jpg?fit=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover.jpg?fit=387%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover-194x300.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"The Last Lover\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/The-Last-Lover.jpg?fit=387%2C600&amp;ssl=1 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>This year&#8217;s winner is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Last Lover<\/em><\/strong>, by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Annelises Finegan Wasmoen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The judges also named three runners-up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Harlequin&#8217;s Millions<\/em><\/strong>, by Bohumil Hrabal, translated from the Czech by Stacey Knecht<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Faces in the Crowd<\/em><\/strong>, by Valeria Luiselli, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay<\/em><\/strong>, by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Best Translated Book Award winner has been announced! 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