Man Booker International Prize Finalists

FICTION

Released: Nov. 26, 1992

BROCADE VALLEY

by Wang Anyi

"A writer to watch."

From Chinese writer Wang Anyi (Lapse of Time, 1988; Baotown, 1989): a lyrical and emotionally intense account of a contemporary young woman whose life is shaped by a numbing sameness of work and home. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Nov. 1, 2008

KIERON SMITH, BOY

by James Kelman

"Though it's a vivid reminder that childhood is a foreign country, the book is way too long and self-indulgent."

A child's vision of his rough-and-tumble world occupies the latest from Scottish author Kelman (You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free, 2004, etc.). Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Oct. 12, 2010

OUR KIND OF TRAITOR

by John le Carré

Le Carré uses still another aspect of international relations in the new world order--the powerful, equivocal position of money launderers to the Russian mob--to put a new spin on a favorite theme: the betrayal that inevitably follows from sharply divided loyalties. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: June 1, 2008

ORIGINS: A MEMOIR

by Amin Maalouf, translated by Catherine Temerson

"A shimmering portrait of a clan molded by history and personal whim."

Expatriate Lebanese novelist Maalouf (Balthasar's Odyssey, 2002, etc.) explores the gap between family legend and family history. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 5, 2010

RANSOM

by David Malouf

"A splendid, creative précis of ancient events that still reverberate. "

The Australian poet of absences and silences reimagines the terror and exhilaration of the Trojan War. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Oct. 15, 2002

DARKNESS

by Dacia Maraini, translated by Martha King

"Simple, sobering riffs of whodunit stuff, with cumulative accents on the downbeat."

A dozen grim vignettes show the brutish side of Italian life, culled from newspaper crime reports and turned into the caseload of sharp-witted but gentle police commissioner Adele Sofia by award-winning feminist writer Maraini. Read full book review >

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