Absinthe Video of the Week: Orhan Pamuk

As we continue to prepare for Absinthe 19, our spotlight on Turkey, enjoy this video of Orhan Pamuk as he introduces his novel, Silent House, published in English translation last fall by Knopf.

Shortlist Announced: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011

The shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011 has been announced and includes a few of my favorite reads from last year:

• Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky from the German, published by Portobello Books
• Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras, translated by Frank Wynne from the Spanish, published by Atlantic Books
• The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely from the Turkish, published by Faber and Faber
• I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson, translated by Charlotte Barslund with Per Petterson from the Norwegian, published by Harvill Secker
• Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo, translated by Edith Grossman from the Spanish, published by Atlantic Books
• The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka, translated by Margaret Jull Costa from the Spanish, published by MacLehose Press

Read more about the prize and shortlist here.