We are thrilled that A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson and translated by Nichola Smalley has now been shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023!
The winner will be announced at an award ceremony at The Shard in London on the evening of Thursday 23 November.
Congratulations to Amanda, Nicky, and all the shortlisted titles!
For more information, please visit the 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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