{"id":268876,"date":"2009-02-25T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2009\/02\/25\/2009-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-longlist\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:24:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:24:19","slug":"2009-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2009\/02\/25\/2009-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readysteadybook.com\/Blog.aspx?permalink=20090225141313\">has (finally!) been announced<\/a>. Here you go:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Voice Over<\/strong> by C&eacute;line Curiol (trans. Sam Richard)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Blessed Child<\/strong> by Linn Ullman (trans. Sarah Death)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Blue Fox<\/strong> by Sjon (trans. Victoria Cribb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friendly Fire<\/strong> by A.B. Yehoshua (trans. Stuart Schoffman)<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Father&#8217;s Wives<\/strong> by Jos&eacute; Eduardo Agualusa (trans. Daniel Hahn)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The White King<\/strong> by Gyorgy Dragoman (trans. Paul Olchvary)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Informers<\/strong> by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (trans. Anne McLeane)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homesick<\/strong> by Eshkol Nevo (trans. Sondra Silverstein)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beijing Coma<\/strong> by Ma Jian (trans. Flora Drew)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Diving Pool<\/strong> by Yoko Ogawa (trans Stephen Snyder)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Novel 11, Book 18<\/strong> by Dag Solstad (trans. Sverre Lyngstad)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Director<\/strong> by Alexander Ahndoril (trans. Sarah Death)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Armies<\/strong> by Euelio Rosero (trans. Anne McLean)<\/li>\n<li><strong>How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone<\/strong> by Sa\u0161a Stani\u0161i\u0107\u2018 (trans. Anthea Bell)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Siege by Ismail Kadare<\/strong> (trans. David Bellos, from the French of Jusuf Vrioni)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Night Work<\/strong> by Thomas Glavinic (trans. John Brownjohn)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s only two points of contact with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?s=btb\">Best Translated Book Award<\/a> longlist, Celine Curiol&#8217;s <em>Voice Over<\/em> (which made our shortlist) and perennial Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlister, and sometime prizewinner, Jos&eacute; Eduardo Agualusa, whose <em>Book of Chameleons<\/em> we nominated&mdash;<em>My Father&#8217;s Wives<\/em> has yet to find an American publisher, I think. <\/p>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a strong list, and if you want more info we have reviews of a few of the books from the longlist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=1615\">The Blue Fox<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?id=776\">The Diving Pool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only two! Looks like we have some work to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has (finally!) been announced. Here you go: Voice Over by C&eacute;line Curiol (trans. Sam Richard) A Blessed Child by Linn Ullman (trans. Sarah Death) The Blue Fox by Sjon (trans. Victoria Cribb) Friendly Fire by A.B. Yehoshua (trans. 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