{"id":5582,"date":"2011-03-24T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2016-06-27T18:52:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T22:52:51","slug":"best-translated-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/03\/24\/best-translated-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Translated Book Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ten fiction finalists for the Best Translated Book Award have been announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Agaat<\/em> by Marlene Van Niekerk, tr. from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns<\/li>\n<li><em>Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer<\/em> by Ernst Weiss, tr. from the German by Joel Rotenberg<\/li>\n<li><em>The Golden Age<\/em> by Michal Ajvaz, tr. from the Czech by Andrew Oakland<\/li>\n<li><em>Hocus Bogus<\/em> by Romain Gary (writing as \u00c9mile Ajar), tr. from the French by David Bellos<\/li>\n<li><em>The Jokers<\/em> by Albert Cossery, tr. from the French by Anna Moschovakis<\/li>\n<li><em>A Life on Paper<\/em> by George-Olivier Ch\u00e2teaureynaud, tr. from the French by Edward Gauvin<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mookse Review of The Literary Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/11\/11\/cesar-aira-the-literary-conference\/\"><em>The Literary Conference<\/em> <\/a>by C\u00e9sar Aira, tr. from the Spanish by Katherine Silver<\/li>\n<li><em>On Elegance While Sleeping<\/em> by &#8220;Viscount&#8221; Lascano Tegui, tr. from the Spanish by Idra Novey<\/li>\n<li><em>The True Deceiver<\/em> by Tove Jansson, tr. from the Swedish by Thomas Teal<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mookse Review of Visitation\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/09\/08\/jenny-erpenbeck-visitation\/\"><em>Visitation<\/em> <\/a>by Jenny Erpenbeck, tr. from the German by Susan Bernofsky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have read only three of the finalists and reviewed only two (the highlighted ones above, with links to my reviews; I will soon have a review of <em>A Life on Paper<\/em> up).\u00a0 Of the longlisters I read, I&#8217;m not surprised <em><a title=\"Mookse Review of A Jew Must Die\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/02\/25\/jacques-chessex-a-jew-must-die\/\">A Jew Must Die<\/a><\/em> is not on this list (though it is certainly worth reading), but I did really like <em><a title=\"Mookse Review of Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/03\/14\/javier-marias-bad-nature-or-with-elvis-in-mexico\/\">Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>By any measure, these are fine books.\u00a0 I have four on my shelf to read, and I&#8217;m looking forward to each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The finalists of the Best Translated Book Award have been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/03\/24\/best-translated-book-award-finalists\/\"><u>Read the full 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