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Friday 29 February 2008

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist

The shortlist for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008 has been announced. "Six contenders from over 90 entries have been shortlisted for the prize, worth £10,000." They are:


  • Castorp by Pawel Huelle, translated by Antonia Lloyd Jones from the Polish, published by Serpent’s Tail
  • Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway from the German, published by Quercus
  • Gregorius by Bengt Ohlsson, translated by Silvester Mazzarella from the Swedish, published by Portobello Books
  • The Model by Lars Saabye Christensen, translated by Don Barlett from the Norwegian, published by Arcadia Books
  • The Way of the Women by Marlene van Niekerk, translated by Michiel Heyns from the Afrikaans, published by Little, Brown
  • Omega Minor by Paul Verhaeghen, translated by Paul Verhaeghen from the Dutch, published by Dalkey Archive Press

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