Hot News This Week
October 5, 2023
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Jon Fosse has won the Nobel Prize in Literature! The Norwegian novelist and playwright is recognized “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
A major congratulations to Consortium publishers Transit Books, Fitzcarraldo Editions, and Dalkey Archive Press, the indie presses responsible for bringing his work to an English-speaking readership. Fosse’s recent books are published in the US by Transit and in the UK by Fitzcarraldo, with notable backlist from Dalkey Archive.
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| | A Shining
by Jon Fosse, trans. Damion Searls
Transit Books • October 2023 • 9781945492778
“When I dream my own death, I will forever see Fosse’s dark woods and his shining, barefoot apparitions in snow-smothered quiet. I don’t know how to speak of this brief book without reverence or animal fear. A book to be read aloud, around a campfire, with loved ones, in its entirety.” — Spencer Ruchti, Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)
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| Celebrating Two 2023 National Book Award Finalists
Two Consortium titles have been named finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards! Three cheers for New Vessel Press, World Editions, and the many talented authors and translators nominated. Mark your calendar and cross your fingers: the winners will be announced on November 15.
Translated Literature
Abyss by Pilar Quintana, translated by Lisa Dillman (World Editions)
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 Click here for more top titles publishing next Tuesday, Oct. 10.
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★ “This dynamic collection is a vivid exploration of identity, creative expression, heartbreak, sex, and the sociopolitical experience of Black queerness.” — Booklist
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★ “Teare’s exquisite latest defies genres as it engages with queer artistic legacy and process. . . . This dazzling consideration of queer art and life will challenge and enlighten its readers.” — Publishers Weekly
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| | Box of Bones: Book Two
by Ayize Jama-Everett, illus. John Jennings
Rosarium Publishing • October 2023 • 9781732638891
★ “The beauty revealed in the conclusion changes the game, forcing characters and readers to rethink woman power. Jama-Everett’s evocative, open-ended finale suits the saga far better than a neat wrap-up. Highly recommended.” — Library Journal
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| | Damnation Diaries
by Peter Rostovsky
Uncivilized Books • September 2023 • 9781941250549
★ “In fine-arts painter Rostovsky’s scabrously funny debut, an ordinary guy visits an ordinary therapist in an extraordinary place: Hell. . . . This is the rare high-concept satire that lives up to its premise.” — Publishers Weekly
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“Like STEWdio, Summer of Hamn is a must for any serious Public Enemy fan, but it is also excellent and insightful art and a time capsule for America.” — PopMatters
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“This work should be included in any art library. . . . The book’s grounding as not just about four Queer artists’ works, but as a larger discussion of portraiture and art history, allows this book to be helpful in a variety of classes or projects.” — Art Libraries Society of North America
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“[An] enigmatic and consuming spiral of a novella. Reminiscent of Borges yet rebellious in its refusal to take shape, We’re Safe When We’re Alone is a transportive and philosophical experience that’ll chill your bones.” — Thu Doan, East Bay Booksellers (Oakland, CA)
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