2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist

They’ve just announced the shortlist for the Independent Foreign Ficton prize:

• Voiceover by Céline Curiol, translated by Sam Richard from the French
• Beijing Coma by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew from the Chinese
• The Siege by Ismail Kadare, translated by David Bellos from the Albanian
• The Armies by Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean from the Spanish
• The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, translated by Anne McLean from the Spanish
• Friendly Fire by A B Yehoshua, translated by Stuart Schoffman from the Hebrew