Official and shadow shortlists

The official shortlist for the IFFP has been announced! Once again, the official choice does justify the existence of a Shadow Panel, according to my opinion. Let me know what you think.

Official Shortlist

Click on the covers to read my reviews

By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel, translated from the Spanish by Jethro Soutar

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel

The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky

In the Beginning was the Sea by Tomas Gonzalez, translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne – not reviewed

F by Daniel Kuhlmann, translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway – not reviewed yet

While the Gods were Sleeping by Erwin Mortier, translated from the Dutch by Paul Vincent – not reviewed yet

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According to my personal opinion, only Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage and The End of Days were worthy of the shortlist.

I agree much more with our Shadow Panel shortlist, which actually does have the 4 books I really wanted to see shortlisted.

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Shadow Panel shortlist

Bloodlines by Marcello Fois, translated from the Italian by Silvester Mazzarella – upcoming review

Zone by Mathias Enard, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell – upcoming review
= this book was actually not on the official longlist, but the Shadow Panelists thought it should really have been!