{"id":26009,"date":"2019-05-22T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=26009"},"modified":"2019-05-23T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T17:25:56","slug":"the-man-booker-international-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2019\/05\/22\/the-man-booker-international-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Booker International Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year’s Man Booker International Prize winner was announced yesterday.<\/p>\n

\"\"Celestial Bodies<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
by Jokha Alharthi
translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth
purchase from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth!<\/p>\n

While many folks over at the Goodreads group enjoyed this book, it still ranked fifth of six in the consensus rankings (see here<\/a>). The favorite? Depending on the ranking method, either Juan Gabrial V\u00e1squez’s\u00a0The Shape of Ruins<\/em> or Annie Ernaux’s\u00a0The Years<\/em>. If you’ve read any of the books, I’d love to hear your thought there or below.<\/p>\n

This book was selected from the shortlist you can see below.<\/p>\n

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