The Best Translated Book Award: Fiction
After months and months (twelve to be exact) and books upon books, our nine fiction panelists finally came up with the 25-title fiction longlist for this year’s Best Translated Book Award. . . .
There are some classic authors (Robert Walser, Robert Bolaño), some relative unknowns (Wolf Haas, Ferenc Barnas, Cao Naiqian), and a nice geographical mix (including books from Egypt and Djibouti). . . .
One interesting thing about this year’s fiction longlist—it’s incredibly diverse. We have authors from 24 different countries, writing in 17 different languages, and published by 15 different publishers . . . .
This year's fiction panelists included Monica Carter (Skylight Books and Salonica World Lit), Scott Esposito (Conversational Reading and Center for the Art of Translation), Susan Harris (Words Without Borders), Annie Janusch (Translator), Brandon Kennedy (Spoonbill & Sugartown), Bill Marx (PRI’s The World: World Books), Michael Orthofer (Complete Review), Chad W. Post (Open Letter and Three Percent), and Jeff Waxman (57th Street Books and The Front Table).
Without further ado, here are the 25 fiction finalists. . . . [Chad W. Post, Award Chair]
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The Confessions of Noa Weber (Paperback)
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9781933633688Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Melville House, 02/01/2009
Winner of the 2010 Best Translated Book Award
The Confessions of Noa Weber is the story of a middle-aged writer who married a man out of convenience (to escape her military duty) and continues to love him throughout the rest of her life, despite the fact that he leaves her for Russia, another woman, and a different life. Gail Hareven is the author of six novels and three short stories collections; Noa Weber is her first title to be published in English. Dalya Bilu is a well-known translator of Hebrew literature and has been awarded a number of prizes, including the Times Literary Supplement and Jewish Book Council Award for Hebrew-English Translation.
Read The Seminary Co-op's review here: http://blog.semcoop.com/2010/03/11/the-confessions-of-noa-weber/
Anonymous Celebrity (Paperback)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781564784322Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 08/01/2009
Wonder (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780980033014Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Archipelago Books, 07/01/2009
The Twin (Hardcover)
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780980033021Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Archipelago Books, 04/01/2009
The Skating Rink (Hardcover)
$21.95
ISBN-13: 9780811217132Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 08/01/2009
The Mighty Angel (Hardcover)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824085Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 04/01/2009
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ISBN-13: 9780231148108
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Published: Columbia University Press, 04/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780231148108
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Published: Columbia University Press, 04/01/2009
The Tanners (Paperback)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780811215893Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 08/01/2009
Memories of the Future (Paperback)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781590173190Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: NYRB Classics, 10/01/2009
Desert (Hardcover)
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781567923865Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: David R. Godine Publisher, 07/01/2009
News from the Empire (Paperback)
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781564785336Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 04/01/2009
The Zafarani Files (Hardcover)
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9789774161902Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: American University in Cairo Press, 04/01/2009
Ghosts (Paperback)
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780811217422Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 02/01/2009
The Discoverer (Hardcover)
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824122Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 08/01/2009
Death in Spring (Hardcover)
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824115Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 05/01/2009
Op Oloop (Paperback)
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781564784346Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 08/01/2009
Every Man Dies Alone (Hardcover)
$27.00
ISBN-13: 9781933633633Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Melville House, 03/01/2009
Landscape with Dog: And Other Stories (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781566567732Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Clockroot Books, 01/01/2010
Vilnius Poker (Hardcover)
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824054Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 01/01/2009
Rex (Hardcover)
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9780802118790Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press, 04/01/2009
The Ninth (Paperback)
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780810126022Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Northwestern University Press, 05/01/2009
Brecht at Night (Paperback)
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781564785329Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 07/01/2009
The Museum of Innocence (Hardcover)
$28.95
ISBN-13: 9780307266767Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 10/01/2009
In the United States of Africa (Paperback)
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780803222625Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Bison Books, 03/01/2009
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