Here's the translated fiction I'm hoping/predicting will be listed for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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My guesses:
"The Empusium" by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804271087
"Solenoid" by Mircea Cartarescu (translated by Sean Cotter)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805333197
"Clean" by Alia Trabucco Zeran (translated by Sophie Hughes)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008607937
"Pink Slime" by Fernanda Trias (translated by Heather Cleary)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914484308
"Bad Habit" by Alana S Portero (translated by Mara Faye Letham)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008663292
“Stay with Me” by Hanne Orstavik (translated by Martin Aitken)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751088
"We Do Not Part" by Han Kang (translated by e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241600269
"What I Know About You" by Eric Chacour (translated by Pablo Strauss)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913547851
"Herscht 07769" by Laszlo Krasznahorkai (translated by Ottilie Mulzet)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800815056
"May Our Joy Endure" by Kev Lambert (translated by Donald Winkler)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781771966207
"A Sunny Place for Shady People" by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803511238
"The Book of Disappearance" by Ibtisam Azem (translated by Sinan Antoon)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751026
"The Cafe with No Name" by Robert Seethaler (translated by Katy Derbyshire)
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781837260140
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:23 The Empusium
3:41 Solenoid
5:24 Clean
6:39 Pink Slime
8:27 Bad Habit
9:07 Stay with Me
10:30 We Do Not Part
12:16 What I Know About You
12:57 Herscht 07769
13:39 May Our Joy Endure
14:18 A Sunny Place for Shady People
14:52 The Book of Disappearance
15:53 The Cafe with No Name
16:43 Conclusion
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