{"id":20243,"date":"2017-03-15T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=20243"},"modified":"2017-05-24T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T02:44:11","slug":"the-man-booker-international-prize-2017-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/03\/15\/the-man-booker-international-prize-2017-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; fade=&#8221;no&#8221; background_parallax=&#8221;none&#8221; 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Man-Booker-International-Prize.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Man-Booker-International-Prize.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Man Booker International Prize longest has been announced!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Compass<\/em><\/strong>, by Mathias Enard; translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Swallowing Mercury<\/strong><\/em>, by Wioletta Greg; translated from the Polish by Eliza Marciniak<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>A Horse Walks into a Bar<\/strong><\/em>, by David Grossman; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>War and Turpentine<\/strong><\/em>, by Stefan Hermans; translated from the Dutch by David McKay<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Unseen<\/strong><\/em>, by Roy Jacobsen; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Traitor&#8217;s Niche<\/strong><\/em>, by Ismail Kadare; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Fish Have No Feet<\/strong><\/em>, by J\u00f3n Kalman Stef\u00e1nsson; translated from the Icelandic by Phil Roughton<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Explosion Chronicles<\/strong><\/em>, by Yan Lianke; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Black Moses<\/strong><\/em>, by Alain Mabanckou; translated from the French by Helen Stevenson<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Bricks and Mortar<\/strong><\/em>, by Clemens Meyer; translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Mirror, Shoulder, Signal<\/strong><\/em>, by Dorthe Nors; translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Judas<\/strong><\/em>, by Amos Oz; translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Fever Dream<\/strong><\/em>, by Samanta Schweblin; translated 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