DAILY EDITION August 26, 2020 | |
A book written in a child's voice wins the 2020 International Booker Prize, its author from a devout Dutch farming family, and its translator a specialist in Dutch and French into English. | | |
Rights sold: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy and the UK/US. | | With the novel Will and Testament, Vigdis Hjorth made her great international breakthrough and was nominated for the National Book Award. Is Mother Dead follows up on the same topic of troublesome family relations and the impact they may have. Reviews say this is one of Vigdis Hjorth's very best novels. | |
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With the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich declining to testify before the State Investigative Committee, the Union of Belarusian Writers asks for international support. | | |
Voices from across the spectrum of cultural observation look at the dynamics of the pandemic and predict how 'We Will Emerge' from the fray. | | |
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