They've announced that there are 167 novels in the running for this year's German Book Prize, the biggest German book- (as opposed to author-)prize; in unaccountable Man Booker fashion, however, they don't reveal what the books are (why not ? why not ? why not some transparency ?).
The 167 titles come from 101 publishers (68 German, 17 Austrian, 16 Swiss -- recall that, Man Booker-like too, publishers are limited in the number of titles they can submit (two per) (why ? why ? why ?).
The twenty-title-strong longlist will be announced 13 August.
The 167 titles come from 101 publishers (68 German, 17 Austrian, 16 Swiss -- recall that, Man Booker-like too, publishers are limited in the number of titles they can submit (two per) (why ? why ? why ?).
The twenty-title-strong longlist will be announced 13 August.