The longlist has just come out, Initially I was shocked as I hadn’t a lot of the books, and also, a number weren’t out. of the list, I have just finished The Book of Disappearance and had read Solenoid last year but had wanted to reread it before reviewing it and never got to it. So, I will be starting that today. I have the Heart of the Lamp on my TBR and have ordered all the other books I don’t own. I will just be doing it myself for this long. I will have a review for the book of the disappearance up in the next couple of days and hope to finish at least another book by the end of the week when they come tomorrow. Have you read any what are your thoughts on this years Longlist
- The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon)
-
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated from Danish by Barbara J Haveland
-
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated from French by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
-
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated from Romanian by Sean Cotter
-
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches
-
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated from French by Helen Stevenson
-
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
-
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Asa Yoneda
-
Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated from German by Daniel Bowles
-
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by Sophie Hughes
-
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi
-
On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott
-
A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated from French by Mark Hutchinson
It’s difficult to predict what will be there when a third of them haven’t been published!
Well, I haven’t read any of them, but I was hoping for Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse, translated by Charlotte Collins.
Usually there’s one or two on the list I’ve read, but not this year. I haven’t read any of them! I’m thinking of picking up Hunchback.
Haven’t read any, but plannin to try Under the Eye of the Big Bird