The National Book Awards continued their longlist announcements with translated literature. Finalists will be announced on October 6 and the winner will be announced at the awards gala on November 18.
Egana Djabbarova, My Dreadful Body
Translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Hayden (New Vessel Press)
Álvaro Enrigue, Now I Surrender
Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer (Riverhead)
Karim Kattan, Eden at Dawn
Translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Restless Books)
Karl Ove Knausgaard, The School of Night
Translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken (Penguin Press)
Ping Lu, To the East of the East
Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang (World Editions)
Vicente Luis Mora, Centroeuropa
Translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery (Bellevue Literary Press)
Intan Paramaditha, Night of a Thousand Hells
Translated from the Indonesian by Stephen Epstein and Tiffany Tsao (Europa Editions)
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Pure Men
Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud (Other Press)
Maria Stepanova, The Disappearing Act
Translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale (New Directions)
Samar Yazbek, Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price (Other Press)
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