Longlisted for the International Booker Prize A cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middleaged artist and her aging mother, as Vigdis Hjorth returns to the themes of her controverdsial modern classic, Will and Testament 'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and back in Oslo...
The International Booker Prize was presented in London on May 23. The prestigious award honors the finest works of translated fiction from around the globe with the goal of spotlighting a diversity of international literature. Read on to learn about the thirteen nominated books, the shortlisted titles, and the winner.