![]() We’re thrilled to share 13 books which enrich our idea of what fiction can do.” That drive is represented in our longlist, but so too are surreal Chinese train journeys, absurdist approaches to war and suicide, and the traumas of spirit and flesh. The longlist was selected by a panel chaired by historian Bettany Hughes, including writer Maureen Freely philosopher Prof Angie Hobbs and novelists Elnathan John and Pankaj Mishra.Hughes said: “This was a year when writers plundered the archive, personal and political. It is dominated by independent publishers, with only two from the larger conglomerates, and by female authors, making up eight of the 13 longlisted. ![]() ![]() The 2019 longlist features longlisted books by authors from 12 countries and translated from nine languages. Authors and translators are treated equally, with the £50,000 prize being split between them. ![]() Olga Tokarczuk, last year’s winner of the Man Booker International Prize with Flights, translated by Jennifer Croft, has made this year’s longlist with Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, although with a different translator, Antonia Lloyd-Jones. ![]()
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