Argentine author Selva Almada’s novel Not a River has been named to the International Booker Prize’s short list, it was revealed on Monday. Almada will stand against five other finalists from Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden.

The International Booker Prize is awarded annually to a work of world fiction that has been translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.

The winner will receive a prize of 50,000 pounds, divided equally between the author and the translator (or among the translators). An additional 5,000 GB£ will be awarded to each finalist on the shortlist.

The last Argentine novel to make the International Booker shortlist was Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s........

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