Judges praise the 13 finalists – all but two published by indie houses – for ‘enriching our idea of what fiction can do’
The “finest works of translation from around the world” are almost exclusively published by independent presses – at least according to the Man Booker International prize, which has unveiled a longlist of 13 books with only two showings from major publishing houses.
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