The School of Possibilities by Seita Parkkola (translated fromt he Finnish by Annira Silver and Marja Gass)
Short listed for the 2006 Finlandia Junior Prize
Who Ate Up All the Shinga? by Park Wan-Suh (translated from the Korean by Yu Young-Nan and Stephen J. Epstein)
Me, Who Dove Into The Heart of the World by Sabina Berman (translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman)
Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone (translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar)
The Hunger Angel by Herta Muller (translated from the German by Philip Boehm)
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-Mi Hwang (translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim)
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Panchol (translated from the French by William Rodarmor and Helen Dickinson)
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan (translated from the French by Irene Ash)
Out by Natsuo Kirino (translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder)
Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich)
The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa (translated from the Japanese by David Karashima)
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich)
Short listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize
I would have loved to participate in this challenge hosted by Biblibio, which many of my friends from the IFFP Shadow Jury (Jacqui, Tony M. and Tony) are doing. However, I have set aside August for Haruki Murakami's latest release, Colorless Tzukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. That novel, and the preparation for a new school year, will occupy my month most fully.
Still, I wanted to see what I own and offer up to you some reading possibilities. I know that Diane of Bibliophile by the Sea loved The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. And my favorite from the list, though far from all are read, is Swimming to Elba. That novel is actually in my top five favorite adult books ever, the other four being Possession by A. S. Byatt, The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.