Two Scribe titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2020
We are overjoyed to have two titles on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist – The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins & Ruth Martin, and The Way Through the Woods by Long Litt Woon, translated by Barbara Haveland.
The £1000 prize was established by the University of Warwick in 2017 to address the gender imbalance in translated literature and to increase the number of international women’s voices accessible by a British and Irish readership. The shortlist for the prize will be published in early November. The winner will be announced in an online ceremony on Thursday 26 November.
For more information about the prize and the other longlisted titles, click here. Congratulations to Nino, Charlotte, Ruth, Long Litt Woon and Barbara!
The Way Through the Woods
One woman’s journey to overcome grief by delving into an overlooked wonder of nature.
‘As the world of mushrooms opened up to me I began to see that the path back to life was easier than I had thought. It was simply a matter of gathering delights that flash and sparkle. All I had to do was follow the mushroom trail, even though I still didn’t know where it would lead. What would I find in the great unknown that lay ahead of me? What lay beyond those hilltops and mists and turns in the road?’
When Long Litt Woon loses her husband of 32 years to an unexpected death, she is utterly bereft. An…
The Eighth Life
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
The bestselling sensation that UK booksellers are calling this generation’s War and Peace.
Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century.
At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers, thanks to a recipe for hot chocolate that bewitches its drinkers. But this chocolate carries a bitter — some say cursed — aftertaste …
Tumbling through the years, across vast expanses of longing and loss, witness generation after…
