The three titles in the running are: Walk the night by Leila Mottley (trans. Pauline Loquin), paru chez Albin Michel, Real Life, by Brandon Taylor (trans. Héloïse Esquié), published by La Croisée, and Houston-Osaka, by Bryan Washington, released by JC Lattès in a translation by Laurent Trèves.
The winner will be announced during the festival to be held September 22-25 in Vincennes, Paris. It will be revealed in parallel in the magazine Page des libraires. Tickets for the festival will be available from August 23.
Find the list of French and Francophone literary prizes
Credits: Festival America / Booksellers’ Page Review
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