A couple of weeks ago I wondered whether we might be looking at a Christoph Ransmayr revival, with Atlas of an Anxious Man set to come out at the end of this year from (who else ?) Seagull Books; see their publicity page or the S.Fischer foreign rights page (foreign rights sold in eight markets ! including ... Abu Dhabi !), or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Well, it's now won the Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne -- no news at the official site yet, last I checked (hey, they're only actually handing out the prize 21 November so no rush, right ?), but see, for example, the Sud Ouest report -- and given the longlist (it beat out the hot new Rafael Chirbes, which you'll be hearing a lot more about, as well as Gonçalo M. Tavares' A Man: Klaus Klump), that's pretty impressive.
It's not exactly clear what this prize is for, but both titles in French and French translation are eligible, and while the previous winners' list is ... eclectic, I find that I've read about half of these; titles under review at the complete review range from Angel Wagenstein's Farewell, Shanghai to modern classics including Harry Mulisch's The Discovery of Heaven to Antonio Tabucchi's Pereira Declares. William Boyd's Any Human Heart has won, too.
Well, it's now won the Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne -- no news at the official site yet, last I checked (hey, they're only actually handing out the prize 21 November so no rush, right ?), but see, for example, the Sud Ouest report -- and given the longlist (it beat out the hot new Rafael Chirbes, which you'll be hearing a lot more about, as well as Gonçalo M. Tavares' A Man: Klaus Klump), that's pretty impressive.
It's not exactly clear what this prize is for, but both titles in French and French translation are eligible, and while the previous winners' list is ... eclectic, I find that I've read about half of these; titles under review at the complete review range from Angel Wagenstein's Farewell, Shanghai to modern classics including Harry Mulisch's The Discovery of Heaven to Antonio Tabucchi's Pereira Declares. William Boyd's Any Human Heart has won, too.