{"id":23181,"date":"2017-12-22T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2017-12-22T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:42:09","slug":"2018-pen-translation-prize-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/12\/22\/2018-pen-translation-prize-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 PEN Translation Prize Longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Header-2-1-e1493098728843.jpg?resize=929%2C200\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-20947\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:33;line-height:1.45;\">The 2018 PEN Translation Longlist<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/12\/22\/2018-pen-translation-prize-longlist\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-23181 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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Among these longlists is the PEN Translation Prize, judged this year by Eric M.B. Becker, Lisa Hayden, Jenny Wang Medina, Denise Newman, and Lara Vergnaud.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Book of Emma Reyes<\/em><\/strong>, by Emma Reyes and translated from the Spanish by Daniel Alarcon<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BPJmeZ\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Book of Whispers<\/em><\/strong>, by Varujan Vosganian and translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BT9mWT\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Horse Walks into a Bar<\/em><\/strong>, by David Grossman and translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BPK3VD\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Out in the Open<\/em><\/strong>, by Jes\u00fas Carrasco and translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BPK3VD\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Impossible Fairy Tale<\/strong><\/em>, by Han Yujoo and translated from the Korean by Janet Hong<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kYi1zi\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Affections<\/em><\/strong>, by Rodrigo Hasb\u00fan and translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zgTUAX\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Notes of a Crocodile<\/em><\/strong>, by Qiu Miaojin and translated from the Chinese by Bonnie Huie<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DwrMgr\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bark<\/em><\/strong>, by Georges Didi-Huberman and translated from the French by Samuel Martin<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Purchase from <a 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