Hello
Gentle Reader
This
is the Man Booker International Prize’s first run in its new traditional format.
Before two-thousand and sixteen, the Man Booker International Prize was a
biannual award, that was awarded to a writer of international stature and
reputation (and of course translated into English) along with their lifetime of
work, such winning writers included: Ismail Kadare, Alice Munro and László
Krasznahorkai. Now the award is annual, and is no longer awarded to a writer’s
lifetime work, but rather a sole individual work, will now be their testament
to the award. This year’s longlist, is beginning to show some unique
characteristics, that will hopefully stay true for the award, and its
international flavour.
The
longlist for this new format of the award, is compiled of thirteen authors from
twelve countries and nine languages.
The
longlist is as follows, with the author, their country of origin, and the title
of their longlisted work.
Orhan
Pamuk – Turkey – “A Strangeness in my Mind,”
Aki
Ollikainen – Finland – “White Hunger,”
José
Eduardo Agualusa – Angola – “A General Theory of Oblivion,”
Elena
Ferrante – Italy – “The Story of the Lost Child,”
Han
Kang – South Korea – “The Vegetarian,”
Maylis
de Kerangal – France – “Mend the Living,”
Marie
NDiaye – France – “Ladivine,”
Raduan
Nassa – Brazil – “A Cup of Rage,”
Eka
Kurniawan – Indonesia – “Man Tiger,”
Fiston
Mwanza Mujila – Democratic Republic of Congo || Austria – “Tram 83,”
Yan
Lianke – China – “The Four Books,”
Robert
Seethaler – Austria – “A Whole Life,”
Kenzaburō
Ōe – Japan – “Death by Water,”
There
you have it Gentle Reader the longlist! On it there is a wide variety of
authors, and themes. Some are well known writers, including two Nobel Laureates,
while others are rising stars in their respective languages, and their work now
coming forward into English with great admiration, in their literary
endeavours. It’s certainly a delightful and varied list of writers, and books;
certainly something a bit new for the Man Booker Prize association, with its
usual drab and bland sense of taste; but this is certainly more flavourful.
Enjoy
Gentle Reader!
Thank-you
For Reading Gentle Reader
Take
Care
And
As Always
Stay
Well Read
M.
Mary
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