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“Mirages of the Mind” by Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi [Why This Book Should Win]

This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Jason Grunebaum, BTBA judge, writer, and translator. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.   Mirages of the Mind by Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi, translated from the Urdu by Matt Reeck and Aftab ...

“War, So Much War” by Mercè Rodoreda [Why This Book Should Win]

This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Mark Haber, BTBA judge and bookseller at Brazos Bookstore. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.   War, So Much War by Mercè Rodoreda, translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño and ...

“Murder Most Serene” by Gabriell Wittkop [Why This Book Should Win]

This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Ben Carter Olcott, who is a writer, editor of the KGB Bar Lit Magazine, and a bookseller at 192 Books. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.   Murder Most Serene by Gabrielle Wittkop, ...

“Moods” by Yoel Hoffmann [Why This Book Should Win]

This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Kate Garber, BTBA judge and bookseller at 192 Books. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.   Moods by Yoel Hoffmann, translated from the Hebrew by Peter Cole (Israel, New Directions) Moods ...

“Tram 83” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila [Why This Book Should Win]

This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Rachel Cordasco, who writes for Book Riot and runs the site Bookishly Witty. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.   Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated from the French by Roland ...

“The Physics of Sorrow” by Georgi Gospodinov [Why This Book Should Win]

This is the first entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, which will highlight each of the 35 “longlisted”: titles for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards. Tom Roberge of Albertine Books wrote this piece.   The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel ...

2016 BTBA Fiction Longlist

It’s here! The twenty-five best translations of 2015 according to our esteemed panel of judges. As mentioned in the earlier post, we will be highlighting each of these titles on the site starting this afternoon, and finishing just in time for the April 19th announcement of the ten finalists. The winners will be ...