茅盾文学奖 contenders

       They've announced the 252 (!) contenders for this year's Mao Dun Literature Prize, a (now-)quadrennial prize that honors three to five of the best novels (minimum of 130,000 characters) of the past years (Mo Yan's Frog was one of the books honored last time around, for example). Some familiar big-name authors in the mix -- but it's a long, long list; nothing jumped out at me that appears to have been translated into English yet.
       At his Ethnic ChinaLit weblog Bruce Humes takes a closer look at the list -- considering, in particular: 2015 Mao Dun Prize: Who Will Snare Award for Unofficial "Ethnic-themed" Category ?