We are delighted to announce that A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson (trans. Nichola Smalley) has been longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2023. The prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated, with the prize money divided equally between the author and translator.
The shortlist will be announced on 18 April and the winner will be awarded on 23 May at a ceremony in London.
Congratulations to Amanda, Nichola, and all the other longlisted titles!
For more information about the prize and the other longlisted titles, please visit The Booker Prize website here.
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
A joyful family saga about free will, forgiveness, and how we are all interconnected.
In October 1989, triplet babies are born into chaos in a Swedish hospital. Over two decades later, the siblings are scattered around the world, barely speaking. Sebastian is in London working for a mysterious scientific organisation and falling in love. Clara has travelled to Easter Island to join a doomsday cult. And the third triplet, Matilda, is in Sweden, practising being a stepmother. Then something happens that forces them to reunite. Their mother calls with worrying…
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
Are we free to create our own destinies or are we just part of a system beyond our control?
A joyful family saga about free will, forgiveness, and how we are all interconnected.
In October 1989, a set of triplets is born, and it is this moment their father chooses to reveal his affair. Pandemonium ensues.
Over two decades later, Sebastian is recruited to join a mysterious organisation, the London Institute of Cognitive Science, where he meets Laura Kadinsky, a patient whose inability to see the world in three dimensions is not the only thing about her that…
Nichola Smalley
Nichola Smalley is a translator of Swedish and Norwegian literature.…
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Amanda Svensson
Amanda Svensson grew up in Malmö. She studied creative writing and has…
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