March - the Man Asian Literary Prize shortlist, of course!

With just about two weeks to go before the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize is selected, I have some time to at least make a good start toward finishing the list. I believe I have five books left, so I may be able to get them done in time, but if not, well, that's okay too.

Here's the list (* means I've read it):

River of Smoke, by Amithav Ghosh
The Lake, by Banana Yoshimoto
The Wandering Falcon, by Jamil Ahmad
Rebirth, by Jahnavi Barua ( I had to buy this one in India, of all places!)
Please Look After Mom, by Kyung-soon Shin
The Sly Company of People Who Care, by Rahul Bhattacharya *
Dream of Ding Village, by Yan Lianke*


If there's time, I want to get to a few of the books on the BTBA longlist as well. 
This should be a month of pure reading pleasure. I'm looking forward to it.

The Man Asian Literary Prize winner is Bi Feiyu!

The Man Asian Literary Prize has gone to Bi Feiyu for Three Sisters! I have to admit that although I have all but one of the shortlist novels, this was the only one I've actually read, so I didn't have a particular favorite in mind. 

Well, now that the waiting is over, congrats to the author (like he'd ever see this post, but hey, why not say it anyway) and to all of the other shortlisted authors as well.