Posted on September 17, 2019 at 6:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature came out today.
These ten books — mostly novels, with two memoirs and one essay collection — were all written in different languages from each other.
Finalists will be announced October 8, and the winners will be revealed November 20.
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When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s Book, written by Naja Marie Aidt and translated by Denise Newman.
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The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil’s Everyday Insurrections, written by Eliane Brum and translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.
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Space Invaders, written by Nona Fernández and translated by Natasha Wimmer.
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Will and Testament, written by Vigdis Hjorth and translated by Charlotte Barslund.
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Death Is Hard Work, written by Khaled Khalifa and translated by Leri Price.
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Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming, written by László Krasznahorkai and translated by Ottilie Mulzet.
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The Barefoot Woman, written by Scholastique Mukasonga and translated by Jordan Stump.
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The Memory Police, written by Yoko Ogawa and translated by Stephen Snyder.
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Crossing, written by Pajtim Statovci and translated by David Hackston.
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, written by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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