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Jamie Richards
Jamie Richards is the translator of over thirty graphic novels from…
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Viola Di Grado
Viola Di Grado is an Italian author with works published in several…
DiscoverWe are thrilled that BLUE HUNGER by Viola Di Grado (trans. Jamie Richards) has been longlisted for Polari Book Prize 2024.
Huge congratulations to Viola and all the other longlisted authors!
The shortlist will be announced on Monday 30th September and the winners’ ceremony will return to the British Library on Tuesday 29th November. For more information about the prize and the other shortlisted titles, please visit The Booker Prize website here.
An Irish Times Book of the Year
An electrifying descent from loneliness and grief into obsessive, all-consuming love, by an Italian literary star.
‘When Xu bites me, when she has me in her teeth, naked and bad on top of me, everything is good.’
In a skyscraper apartment overlooking Shanghai’s blue-tinged, pulsating nightlife and filled with rotting food, two women swallow little yellow pills that will make all things dangerous feel safe. They’re both running from a turbulent past.
In abandoned factories and dilapidated slaughterhouses, Xu pushes Ruben to extremes of pleasure and pain that she has…
Jamie Richards
Jamie Richards is the translator of over thirty graphic novels from…
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Viola Di Grado is an Italian author with works published in several…
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