Poznaliśmy dwudziestu pięciu finalistów konkursu National Book Awards 2020 w pięciu kategoriach: beletrystyki, literatury faktu, poezji, literatury tłumaczonej i literatury młodzieżowej (YPL). Zwycięzców poznamy 16 listopada podczas ceremonii wręczenia nagród National Book Awards

Lista finalistów:

Literatura piękna:

The Rabbit Hutch, Tess Gunty
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories, Jamil Jan Kochai
The Birdcatcher, Gayl Jones
All This Could Be Different, Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Town of Babylon, Alejandro Varela

Literatura faktu:

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, Meghan O’Rourke
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Imani Perry
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus, David Quammen
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, Robert Samuels

Poezja:

Look at This Blue, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Punks: New & Selected Poems, John Keene
Balladz, Sharon Olds
Best Barbarian, Roger Reeves
The Rupture Tense, Jenny Xie

 

Literatura tłumaczona:

A New Name: Septology VI-VII, Jon Fosse
Kibogo, Scholastique Mukasonga
Jawbone, Mónica Ojeda
Seven Empty Houses, Samanta Schweblin
Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada

 

Literatura młodzieżowa Young People’s Literature:

The Ogress and the Orphans, Kelly Barnhill
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, Sonora Reyes
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice, Tommie Smith
All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, Lisa Yee