Onze collega uit New York meldt dat de vertaling van de De herinnerde soldaat van Anjet Daanje is doorgedrongen op de longlist van de National Book Award (Translated Literature). De bekendmaking van de nominatie volgt op 7 oktober. Onder de illustratie verdere uitleg in het Engels. De engelstalige uitgave is overigens ook in Nederland te koop, bij voorbeeld via hier.
Nominated are:
Solvej Balle, “
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)”
Translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
New Directions
Jazmina Barrera, “
The Queen of Swords”
Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney
Two Lines
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, “
We Are Green and Trembling”
Translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers
New Directions
Anjet Daanje, “
The Remembered Soldier”
Translated from the Dutch by David McKay
New Vessel
Saou Ichikawa, “
Hunchback”
Translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton
Hogarth / Penguin Random House
Hamid Ismailov, “
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel”
Translated from the Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega
Yale
Han Kang, “
We Do Not Part”
Translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Hogarth / Penguin Random House
Mohamed Kheir, “
Sleep Phase”
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
Two Lines
Vincenzo Latronico, “
Perfection”
Translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes
New York Review Books
Neige Sinno, “
Sad Tiger”
Translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer
Seven Stories
The judges for the category this year are Cathy Berner, a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop and a former school librarian; David Bowles, a professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the author of dozens of books, including “My Two Border Towns”; the young-adult author candice iloh, whose book “Every Body Looking” was a 2020 National Book Award finalist; Jung Kim, a professor of education at Lewis University; and the actor Maulik Pancholy.
Reviews on The Remembered Soldier:
"Haunting, powerful . . . This provocatively labyrinthine novel dissects the consciousness of an amnesiac veteran of World War I who has spent four years in a Belgian asylum only to be retrieved by a woman who insists she is his wife . . . This marriage, he comes to realize, 'is built on quicksand, one false step and they'll drown together.'"--The New York Times
"An epic, extraordinary story of love, identity and war, Anjet Daanje's first novel in English is a powerfully vivid portrait of two people dealing with their changed lives after the first world war . . . David McKay's page-turning translation faithfully conveys the propulsive nature of Daanje's long, sinuous sentences . . . Virtuoso stuff."--Tobias Grey in The Financial Times
"The phenomenal English-language debut from Daanje weaves an affecting love story through a tangle of memories and dreams . . . The complex and layered narrative is as moving as it is unsettling, and it will keep readers wondering about the truth long after the final page. It's a remarkable achievement."--Publishers Weekly (Starred review)
"Daanje ... is currently the Netherlands' most celebrated writer. Her achievement is to bring us so close to her characters, and for so long an exposure, that they seem emotionally naked, utterly human in their efforts and deceptions. In its dangerous admixture of truth and reassembled reality, 'The Remembered Soldier' develops an unforgettable picture of marital love."--Sam Sacks in The Wall Street Journal
"By far the best novel of recent years."--NRC Handelsblad
"I've never encountered a novel so intensely realistic yet so dreamily rendered. The Remembered Soldier is absolutely singular and utterly bewitching. I could have read it forever."--Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Angel Down
"This is a beautifully written book . . . very effective as it brings the reader into the flying thoughts of an injured, tormented, and confused mind. The ending is complicated, but contains a surprise, and the reader is left guessing . . . Highly recommended."--Historical Novels Review
"Grapples with fragile versions of the truth . . . The Remembered Soldier, a luminous historical novel, mines the seams between a veteran's traumas and restored hope."--Foreword Reviews (Starred review)
"In the case of Anjet Daanje's rich and beguiling new novel The Remembered Soldier . . . memory is mutable and collaborative . . . the prose . . . captures a man desperate for firm footing."--The Times Literary Supplement
"A psychologically astute and accomplished novel. The Remembered Soldier is a studied exploration of a marriage and wartime horror. The prose is nothing short of Jamesian in its nuanced depiction of . . . intimacy, and David McKay's translation of Daanje's writing, with all of its subtleties, is truly remarkable."--Lori Feathers, The Big Book Project
"Particularly impressive . . . a solid, engaging novel, The Remembered Soldier also uses the historical period and place well, making for a rich read."--The Complete Review
"This is a story about healing a soldier's mind after surviving years of carnage, and it is about restoring mutual trust and love after so much has happened . . . an absorbing tale."--Kirkus Reviews
"This is a beautiful, sprawling historical novel and love story with enthralling explorations of memory, trust, and connection."--Electric Literature
"A gripping story . . . stirring, psychologically profound, and not a page too long."--Deutschlandfunk
"The book is phenomenal."--Ivo van Hove, Tony and Olivier award-winning theater director
"An absorbing, expansive work . . . never losing the reader's attention, it's a story both of individuals and of war. We're shown another time, another world . . . Daanje's work is superb in keeping the pacing up over more than five-hundred pages . . . and credit must go to McKay for his excellent job . . . This is a book I highly recommend."--Tony's Reading List
