The 2022 International Booker Prize

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The 13 long listed novels have been announced. They are works of fiction translated into English from 11 languages and originate from 12 countries across four continents – including Hindi for the first time.

Challenge Prompts

1. ‘Cursed Bunny’ by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur, published by Honford Star

2. ‘After The Sun’ by Jonas Eika, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg, published by Lolli Editions

3. 'A New Name: Septology VI-VII’ by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls, published Fitzcarraldo Editions

4. ‘More Than I Love My Life’ by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen, published by Vintage, Jonathan Cape

5. ‘The Book of Mother’ by Violaine Huisman, translated by Leslie Camhi, published by Little, Brown Book Group

6. ‘Heaven’ by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd, published by Pan Macmillan

7. ‘Paradais’ by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions

8. ‘Love in the Big City’ by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur, published by Tilted Axis Press

9. ‘Happy Stories, Mostly’ by Norman Erikson, translated by Pasaribu Tiffany Tsao, published by Tilted Axis Press

10. ‘Elena Knows’ by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle, published by Charco Press

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