Hot on the heels of the Man Booker Prize shortlist announcement, the German Book Prize -- structured as a German Man Booker (complete with ridiculous publisher-submission-limitations (only two apiece !) and complete lack of transparency (what books were submitted ? they'll never tell ...) now announces: Six novels on the shortlist.
At Deutsche Welle Aygül Cizmecioglu also reports that German Book Prize announces shortlist -- and provides brief descriptions of the finalists.
I haven't seen any of these, but it looks like a pretty solid list. Also worth noting: Suhrkamp places an amazing three titles on the list -- fully half of the finalists (impressive because, as noted, only two titles per imprint can be submitted -- though additional ones do slip in by being called in, as must have happened here).
At Deutsche Welle Aygül Cizmecioglu also reports that German Book Prize announces shortlist -- and provides brief descriptions of the finalists.
I haven't seen any of these, but it looks like a pretty solid list. Also worth noting: Suhrkamp places an amazing three titles on the list -- fully half of the finalists (impressive because, as noted, only two titles per imprint can be submitted -- though additional ones do slip in by being called in, as must have happened here).