I am indebted to a tweet from Stu from Winston’s Dad for news of the Man Asian Literary Prize Longlist for 2011.
The links go to author profiles on the Man Asian Literary Prize website.
JAMIL AHMAD (Pakistan) - The Wandering Falcon Update: see my review
TAHMIMA ANAM (Bangladesh) - The Good Muslim (I have this one on order).
JAHNAVI BARUA (India) - Rebirth
RAHUL BHATTACHARYA (India) - The Sly Company of People Who Care
MAHMOUD DOWLATABADI (Iran) - The Colonel
AMITAV GHOSH (India) - River of Smoke ( I loved Sea of Poppies! Update: see my review
HARUKI MURAKAMI (Japan) - 1Q84 (No doubt I’ll buy this one, to add to my pile of Murakamis that I’ve never read. I must get round to them one day!)
ANURADHA ROY (India) - The Folded Earth
KYUNG-SOOK SHIN (South Korea) - Please Look After Mom
TARUN J TEJPAL (India) - The Valley of Masks
YAN LIANKE (China) – Dream of Ding Village
BANANA YOSHIMOTO (Japan) – The Lake
[...] longlist was announced last week and the shortlist will be revealed in January. The winner will be [...]
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