The International Booker Prize Shortlist 2021 - Reaction

I give a quick prediction before finding out the judges' choices for this year's International Booker Prize shortlist. I have very mixed feelings about these 6 books! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Find out more about the Booker Prizes: https://thebookerprizes.com/international-booker/2021

Booker International Prize Shortlist & purchase links:

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop (translated by Anna Mocscovakis)
https://tidd.ly/3syhLIS

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)
https://tidd.ly/3dcXiTv

When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West)
https://tidd.ly/39jYN15

The Employees by Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken)
https://tidd.ly/3foqidu

In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale)
https://tidd.ly/31sXlFf

The War of the Poor by Eric Vuillard (translated by Mark Polizzotti)
https://tidd.ly/2QMMpAi
My reviews of the books I've read so far:
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/4/13/the-dangers-of-smoking-in-bed-by-mariana-enriquez-translated-by-megan-mcdowell
The Employees by Olga Ravn
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/3/29/the-employees-by-olga-raven-translated-by-martin-aitken
The War of the Poor by Eric Vuillard
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/1/24/the-war-of-the-poor-by-eric-vuillard

Also please read:
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/5/21/minor-detail-by-adania-shibli-translated-by-elisabeth-jaquette

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