{"id":1586,"date":"2018-04-23T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2022-04-06T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T19:12:36","slug":"the-man-booker-international-prize-2018-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/the-man-booker-international-prize-2018-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Booker International Prize 2018 Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for modern fiction recommendations, then look no further than the 6 books on the Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist. The awards celebrates the best international fiction novels that have been translated into English and published in the UK, with the prize being split between the author and the translator.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This years shortlist sees authors from\u00a0France<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">,\u00a0<\/span>Hungary<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, Iraq,\u00a0 <\/span>Poland<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">,\u00a0Spain, and\u00a0 <\/span>South<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0Korea.\u00a0<\/span>Notable previous winners of the prize include Han Kang and L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai, both of whom are nominated again this year. <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The winner will be announced on May 22 and you can find out more details here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSwwulZTRqc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01EG8628A\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01EG8628A&amp;linkId=27961f6d0dd2b22b0edf739e6ebfafe6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes (France)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0857055429\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0857055429&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=ec47da55f33b00cbed16b466f43f38ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=0857055429&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0857055429\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01ALKUG0M\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0Set in Paris,\u00a0Vernon Subutex is a former record store owner. The rise of digital music has forced his store to close and Vernon ends up on the streets. We see view points of an array of distasteful characters that highlight problems faced\u00a0 in modern day Europe. Political extremes, social media manipulation and drug use are all themes in the book. This is the first installment in the trilogy that definitely leaves you wanting to continue the adventure with Vernon.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1846276950\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1846276950&amp;linkId=10c4fed2ef862701dcdc1f619ebf21b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The White Book by Han Kang (South Korea)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1846276950\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1846276950&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=a68083b7c45acaf3225173fb87eb0e00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=1846276950&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1846276950\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>The 2016 winner of the Man Booker International prize for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01AKPER5I\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01AKPER5I&amp;linkId=a7b88598c105a1121a6ca1a8b07d1a65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Vegetarian<\/a>, Han Kang, is shortlisted again in 2018 for The White Book. It is an autobiographical piece on the death of the narrators younger baby sister, who died shortly after birth. This emotional work is a meditation on color, starting with a list of white things.\u00a0 In Korean funerals, white is also the color of mourning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Breath-cloud.<br \/>\nOn cold mornings, that first white cloud of escaping breath is proof that we are living. Proof of our bodies\u2019 warmth. Cold air rushes into dark lungs, soaks up the heat of our body and exhaled as perceptible form, white flecked with grey. Our lives\u2019 miraculous diffusion, out into the empty air.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2015\u00a0Han Kang,\u00a0The White Book<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01NCONOG1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01NCONOG1&amp;linkId=ad1ed1da157cf46f8a59b4cbbfee583a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Like a Fading Shadow\u00a0 by Antonio Mu\u00f1oz Molina (Spain<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01NCONOG1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B01NCONOG1&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=b7a932e394876b898b46c0b3893f9823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=B01NCONOG1&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01NCONOG1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">James Earl Ray evaded the FBI<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0for 2 months in 1968, after shooting Martin Luther King. He spent 10 of those days in Lisbon. In this historical fiction book, Molina dramatizes the life of the murderer\u00a0 during that period. At the same time we see Lisbon through the eyes of the young writer, and the man he is today. By contrasting Lisbon through these different perspectives, we get to see <\/span>different sides to<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0an inspiring city and a special insight into the writer&#8217;s life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B06XZCTNG3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B06XZCTNG3&amp;linkId=2a1df999eedbd8b5212899c78d2e0dfd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World Goes On by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai (Hungary)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B06XZCTNG3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B06XZCTNG3&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=db3266fdc39cbdc78cf215745732be1f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=B06XZCTNG3&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B06XZCTNG3\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>This is Krasznahorkai\u2019s seventh book\u00a0from the 2015 prize winner to be translated into English. His collection of 21 unsettling stories lure you in and leave you with an altered state of mind. He creates some complex characters with his long winded writing style. One story includes a traveler in Varanasi that meets a giant on the banks of the Ganges, ranting about the nature of a single drop of water. In another a man obsessed with waterfalls and\u00a0 wanders the streets of Shanghai. Another standout story is a about a man receiving a strange video from friend who then dies before they get to discuss it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEach text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselves in a current of thought or a narrative\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2015\u00a0L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01HCGYY7E\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01HCGYY7E&amp;linkId=723273cd2155e7f448bd104edf7df212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01HCGYY7E\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B01HCGYY7E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=b5ec2ec67a153e76f01598c402c1cedf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=B01HCGYY7E&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B01HCGYY7E\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>Borrowing heavily from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/free-audiobook.html#!\/6d8d9a7c37c8bfb524ff4c3cade089e7\/Frankenstein%3B%20or%20The%20Modern%20Prometheus%20(1818)\">Mary Shelly&#8217;s 200-year-old classic<\/a>, Saadawi has created another surreal masterpiece which is wickedly funny. Set in US occupied Baghdad, Hadi is an alcoholic junk dealer. He goes around picking up stray body parts left strewn around after the bombings. He then tries to patch them together to create a whole body, with hopes of recognition and\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">a proper burial\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">for the completed work. We all know the story of Frankenstein, so there&#8217;s no surprise when his creation escapes and terrorizes the city. Horror and humor at it\u2019s best.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B077LT1GS8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B077LT1GS8&amp;linkId=7fda2cfb0e50b8c5a30ecde65c7f0535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B077LT1GS8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B077LT1GS8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20&amp;linkId=cebe5616f419fdd0b7ab4d2f264710d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=B077LT1GS8&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=digitalboo025-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=digitalboo025-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B077LT1GS8\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>Flights could be described as a connected series of anecdotes and meditations with the theme of travel. The nomadic life and that need to be on the move has produced a a thought provoking read. Not you traditional read, but a fascinating collection of short stories connected by the narrators travels. For those with wanderlust who find it hard to settle in one place, you will definitely relate to this nomadic lifestyle. The original Polish title, &#8220;<em>Bieguni<\/em>&#8220;, is a much more fitting title for the book.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Bieguni, or wanderers, are an obscure and possibly fictional Slavic sect who have rejected settled life for an existence of constant movement&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A reaction to the shortlisted books\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pHTrgMq4mTU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Explore thousands of free audiobooks and ebooks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\">digitalbook.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-944 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/logo_600-300x99.png\" alt=\"digital book logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/99;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Digitalbook is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the Amazon LLC marketplaces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-aee0dca2-0094-4d5c-b456-79a32f3b23b3\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=aee0dca2-0094-4d5c-b456-79a32f3b23b3\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for modern fiction recommendations, then look no further than the 6 books on the Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist. The awards celebrates the best international fiction novels that have been translated into English and published in the UK, with the prize being split between the author and the translator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,346],"tags":[67,66],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-lists","category-news","tag-the-man-booker-international-prize-2018-shortlist","tag-the-man-booker-prize"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1586},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8z1cT-pA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5576,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/5576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitalbook.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}