{"id":27604,"date":"2020-05-12T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=27604"},"modified":"2020-05-12T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:16:59","slug":"2020-best-translated-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2020\/05\/12\/2020-best-translated-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Best Translated Book Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 Best Translated Book Award Finalists!<\/h1><\/span>
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Animalia
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Jean-Baptiste del Amo<\/span>
\ntranslated from the French by Frank Wynne<\/span>
\nGrove<\/span>
\nFrance<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

EEG
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Da\u0161a Drndic<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth<\/span>
\nNew Directions<\/span>
\nCroatia<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Stalingrad
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Vasily Grossman<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Russian by Robert Chandler<\/span>
\nNew York Review Books<\/span>
\n Russia<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Die, My Love
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Ariana Harwicz<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Spanish by Sara Moses<\/span>
\nCharco Press<\/span>
\nArgentina<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Good Will Come from the Sea
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Christos Ikonomou<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich<\/span>
\nArchipelago<\/span>
\n Greece<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Memory Police
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Yoko Ogawa<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder<\/span>
\nPantheon<\/span>
\nJapan<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>by Guillermo Saccomanno<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Spanish by Andrea Labinger<\/span>
\nOpen Letter Books<\/span>
\nArgentina<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond Babylon
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Igiaba Scego<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Italian by Aaron Robertson<\/span>
\nTwo Lines Press<\/span>
\n Italy<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Drive Your Plow\u00a0Over the Bones of the Dead
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong>by Olga Tokarczuk<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Polish by Antoina Lloyd-Jones<\/span>
\nRiverhead<\/span>
\nPoland<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Territory of Light
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>by Yukio Tsushima<\/span>
\ntranslated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt<\/span>
\nFSG<\/span>
\n Japan<\/span>
\npurchase from Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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From the twenty-five books on the longlist, the judges have selected ten finalists for the Best Translated Book Award. I’m very excited to read more of these, particularly\u00a0Territory of Light<\/em> and\u00a0EEG<\/em>, though all of them are compelling. Do you have a choice for the winner? Which do you want to read? You can also join in the conversation at The Mookse and the Gripes Goodreads page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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