by Shokoofeh Azar (Farsi – Iran), with an anonymous translator
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Spanish – Argentina), translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (German – Germany), translated by Ross Benjamin
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Spanish – Mexico), translated by Sophie Hughes
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Japanese – Japan), translated by Stephen Snyder
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Dutch – Netherlands), translated by Michele Hutchison
Endast två bekanta namn: Daniel Kehlmann och Yoko Ogawa.Om den första boken på listan står det bl. a. så här: "The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree speaks of the power of
imagination when confronted with cruelty, and of our human need to make
sense of the world through the ritual of storytelling. Through her
unforgettable characters and glittering magical realist style, Azar
weaves a timely and timeless story that juxtaposes the beauty of an
ancient, vibrant culture with the brutality of an oppressive political
regime."
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