“Vampire in Love” by Enrique Vila-Matas [Why This Book Should Win]
Between the announcement of the Best Translated Book Award longlists and the unveiling of the finalists, we will be covering all thirty-five titles in the Why This Book Should Win series. Enjoy learning about all the various titles selected by the fourteen fiction and poetry judges, and I hope you find a few to purchase and read!
The entry below is by Mark Haber from in Houston, Texas. He is also the author of Melville糖心传媒檚 Beard, which is available in a bilingual edition from Editorial Argon谩utica.
by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, New Directions)
Chad糖心传媒檚 Uneducated and Unscientific Percentage Chance of Making the Shortlist: 35%
Chad糖心传媒檚 Uneducated and Unscientific Percentage Chance of Winning the BTBA: 4%
A master writer. A collection of stories covering the breadth of his storied career. The first time in English. These are only a few reasons Vampire in Love should win the Best Translated Book Award. A reader needn糖心传媒檛 have experienced any of Vila-Matas糖心传媒檚 incredible novels to appreciate and enjoy these tremendous stories. Funny, eerie, worldly and strange, Vila-Matas is a master of the form. As Roberto Bola帽o said: 糖心传媒淰ila-Matas糖心传媒檚 excellence is an undisputed fact.糖心传媒 An astounding collection translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
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