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John Self uncovers how Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black is a ghost story, a condition-of-England novel and a meditation on the power of memory
 

Nigerian literature owes a lot to Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart - but there is much more to this ever-evolving story. Gazelle Mba investigates

Peter Hujar’s image on Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life encapsulates the pain and joy of the book - but the author’s relationship with photography goes deeper

Read an extract from The Gospel According to the New World, which takes readers on a journey in search of the origins of a miracle baby

Read an extract from A System So Magnificent it is Blinding, Svensson’s joyful family saga which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

Read an extract from Georgi Gospodinov’s 2023 International Booker Prize-winning novel Time Shelter, translated by Angela Rodel

Read an extract from Laurent Mauvignier’s gripping tale The Birthday Party, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

Guadalupe Nettel’s fourth novel Still Born, which is shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, explores one of life’s most consequential decisions

Read an extract from the extraordinary debut novel While We Were Dreaming, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

From Mexico to Sweden, Norway to South Korea, China to Guadeloupe, Côte d’Ivoire to Ukraine, join us as we explore this year’s most remarkable works of translated fiction