International Booker prize shortlist delivers ‘awe and exhilaration’ - The Guardian

The final contenders for the £50,000 prize for translated fiction – five out of six by women – could see Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk win a second time

From Olga Tokarczuks epic about a man who claimed to be the messiah to Geetanjali Shrees tale of a widow finding a new lease of life, female writers take the majority of places on this years Internat… [+3871 chars]

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