They've announced the longlist -- well, the "First selection of the Jury" -- for the 2014 Jan Michalski Prize ("awarded for a work of world literature in the fiction and non fiction categories, except poetry").
The 2013 prize went to The Colonel, by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, and the selection is always an interesting one -- though I have to admit this dozen took me by surprise: not really what I was expecting. But then that can be half the fun with these prizes .....
None of the titles are under review at the complete review.
The 2013 prize went to The Colonel, by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, and the selection is always an interesting one -- though I have to admit this dozen took me by surprise: not really what I was expecting. But then that can be half the fun with these prizes .....
None of the titles are under review at the complete review.