I’m a little late reporting this, but we on the shadow panel now have our shortlist:

  • Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Chinese by Lin King (And Other Stories)
  • The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken (Viking)
  • 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)
  • She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel (Peirene Press)
  • The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from Dutch by David McKay (Scribe UK)

Two-thirds of our shortlist is the same as the official shortlist, but both lists still feel quite different to me overall. I wonder if we’ll choose the same winner as each other this year.