Here is the longlist I got one from what I predicted at weekend .
- Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi; translated by Adriana Hunter (Peirene Press), French
- To the End of the Land by David Grossman; translated by Jessica Cohen (Jonathan Cape), Hebrew
- Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo; translated by Edith Grossmann (Atlantic Books), Spanish
- Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras; translated by Frank Wynne (Atlantic Books), Spanish
- The Sickness by Alberto Berrera Tyszka; translated by Margaret Jull Costa (Maclehose Press), Spanish
- Fame by Daniel Kehlmann; translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Quercus), German
- The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vasquez; translated by Anne McLean (Bloomsbury), Spanish
- Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck; translated by Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books), German
- Lovetown by Michal Witkowski; translated by W Martin (Portobello Books), Polish
- Gargling with Tar by Jachym Topol; translated by David Short (Portobello Books), Czech
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk; translated by Maureen Freely (Faber), Turkish
- Dark Matter by Juli Zeh; translated by Christine Lo (Harvill Secker), German
- I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson; translated by Charlotte Barslund with Per Petterson (Harvill Secker), Norweigan
- Villain by Shuichi Yoshida; translated by Philip Gabriel (Harvill Secker), Japanese
- The Journey of Anders Sparrman by Per Wastberg; translated by Tom Geddes (Granta), Swedish
This year’s longlist .from book trust .
well I ve only read two ,some othes I have mentioned on other post .I ve two more hopefully winging there way in the post to me.Hope read some more if time .
What do you make of the list ?
what was your favourite translation last year ?
I have only read two. I enjoyed Red April and loved Beside the Sea. I’ve got my fingers crossed for Beside the Sea, but I hope I can read a few more from this list soon – The Visitation is calling to me very strongly now.
I think it is between beside se and to the end of land but I have others coming to me to read so will see ,all the best stu
I admired Beside The Sea, Stu, but given its bleak subject matter, it’s not a book to ‘enjoy’. However I really liked The Museum of Innocence, but I know that Pamuk isn’t everyone’s ‘cup of tea’. See my review http://anzlitlovers.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/the-museum-of-innocence-by-orhan-pamuk/
I must read I Curse the River of Time, I’ve had it on my shelf ever since it first came out here in Oz.
I ve yet read the museum of innocence but sure I ll like it ,I ve enjoyed his other books ,all the best stu
I haven’t read any one of them but thank you for the list, Stu. I like keeping lists of translated books for a rainy day.
Hope you get to us the list soon Claire ,all the best stu