Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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I react to the International Booker Prize Longlist announcement

Longlisted Titles:

-The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar translated from the German by Ruth Martin
-We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers
-The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje translated from the Dutch by David McKay
-The Deserters by Mathias Énard translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell
-Small Comfort by Ia Genberg translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson
-She Who Remains by Rene Karabash translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel
-The Director by Daniel Kehlmann translated from the German by Ross Benjamin
-On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia translated from the Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan
-The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre translated from the Italian by Antonella Lettieri
-The Witch by Marie Ndiaye translated from the French by Jordan Stump
-Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur translated from the Persian by Faridoun Farrokh
-The Wax Child by Olga Ravn translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken
-Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zi translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King

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