As you may have noticed, any plans I had to blog the International Booker this year have not come to fruition. I have been reading along, but in the end I couldn’t do both. We will have our Shadow Panel shortlist in a couple of weeks, but the official shortlist was announced today:

  • Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Chinese by Lin King (And Other Stories)
  • The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from French by Jordan Stump (MacLehose Press)
  • On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maria, translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan (Charco Press)
  • The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Ross Benjamin (riverrun)
  • She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel (Peirene Press)
  • The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated from German by Ruth Martin (Scribe UK)

I suspect our shortlist may be quite different. Time will tell…