Best European fiction 2016

Author

Jon Fosse

Call Number

• FICTION BEST (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2015.

Physical Description

xvii, 296 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

Since 2010, this anthology has been an essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. In this, the seventh installment of the series, Best European Fiction continues its commitment to uncovering the best prose writing happening on the continent from Azerbaijan to Denmark, from Portugal to the Ukraine featuring work by established authors such as Josef Winkler, Christian Gailly, and João de Melo, as well as up-and-coming writers like Krisztina Tóth, Justyna Bargielska, Veronika Simoniti, and Bessora. The volume is also a forum for the best translators working today, featuring new translations by Lawrence Venuti, Vera Rich, Amaia Gabantxo, Adrian Nathan West, and many more. Also featuring a provocative prefatory essay written by John Fosse, Best European Fiction 2016 is another essential report on the state of global literature in the twenty-first century.

Contents

• The majority is always wrong / Jon Fosse
• The world flew away / Josef Winkler
• Streaming / Nijat Mamedov
• The art of being a stutterer / Alhierd Bacharevic
• Long night / Michel Lambert
• The birds / Vladimir Poleganov
• The author himself / Claus Beck-Neilson
• Apartment for rent / Ilmar Taska
• The wheel / Christian Gailly
• The golden town / Tsotne Tskhvediani
• from Pixel / Krisztina Tóth
• John-Paul Finnegan, paltry realist / Rob Doyle
• The Major and the candy / Māra Zālīte
• The interrogation / Armin Öhri
• from A loser and a do-gooder / Paulina Pukytè
• from Luxembourg lions / Nico Helminger
• Waves / Rumena Bužarivska
• Another piss in Nisporeni / Ion Buzu
• The five widows / Ilija Đurović
• from Born sleeping / Justyna Bargielska
• Strange and magnificent powers / João de Melo
• from La Symphonie du loup / Marius Daniel Popescu
• Where is grandma, where do you think she's hiding? / Srđan V. Tesin
• A house of paper / Veronika Simonitti
• from Mugaritz: B.S.O. / Harkaitz Cano & Andoni Aduriz
• Aesop's urinal / Edgar Cantero
• Voyage under narcosis / Bessora
• The apparent fisherman and real drunkard / Michael Fehr
• Son, please! / Artem Chapeye
• Restocking / Huw Lawrence.