{"product_id":"international-booker-prize-shortlist-bundle-89-rrp-104-95","title":"International Booker Prize Shortlist Bundle £72 (RRP £80.94)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2025\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"1b5d0325-8bbd-4913-9377-6b7720b147b6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e2025 shortlist for the International Booker Prize\u003c\/a\u003e, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced. Here, we take a closer look at the six remarkable books, the stories behind them, their common themes and their many differences.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025 are:   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/on-the-calculation-of-volume-i\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"235d9d2f-d023-4ef9-b011-a31352a2b774\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Calculation of Volume I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/solvej-balle\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5680d0a8-2215-49f9-8862-26a5698f8c10\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eSolvej Balle\u003c\/a\u003e, translated from Danish by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/barbara-j-haveland\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"4924c8aa-4444-4341-b83f-58555b192c44\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eBarbara J. Haveland\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/small-boat\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"07ba3b9b-0a8b-47ee-a229-c1e2fd5bfb08\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Boat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/vincent-delecroix\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"32625514-f02c-4162-883f-41237f51b5bb\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eVincent Delecroix\u003c\/a\u003e, translated from French by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/helen-stevenson\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"04513d66-6446-4304-af75-60da88a97b23\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eHelen Stevenson\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"41fd3111-2767-40de-9ecf-b4fd9e912dee\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder the Eye of the Big Bird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/hiromi-kawakami\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"b68a183d-9fa9-4845-8cc0-92072c1bb09f\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e, translated from Japanese by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/asa-yoneda\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"adc08715-45aa-4394-9983-19b4696607ac\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eAsa Yoneda\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/perfection\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"0f619135-3c9e-4148-923c-c411eb9c5da9\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/sophie-hughes\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"c5ac15b5-7269-42e5-bcb2-497966e415f6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eSophie Hughes\u003c\/a\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/heart-lamp\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"670b9a41-6a39-4114-a236-244f12a9ce2d\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart Lamp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/banu-mushtaq\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"65903bb6-303c-4948-a80c-0354242b96cd\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eBanu Mushtaq\u003c\/a\u003e, translated from Kannada by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/deepa-bhasthi\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"069b1643-4f94-4fc9-9466-b5286604dfac\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eDeepa Bhasthi\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA Leopard-Skin Hat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/anne-serre\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"669f5481-b169-4fcd-8e89-5686aeb2a9bc\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eAnne Serre\u003c\/a\u003e, translated from French by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/mark-hutchinson\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"815ea995-5b13-4219-9bfe-c4d0515b443f\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eMark Hutchinson\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the too-perfect interiors of a Berlin apartment to a terrifying journey across the English Channel; from patriarchal communities in southern India to a futuristic world at the limits of our imagination; the six shortlisted books place a huge variety of human experiences under the microscope.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough newly published in English, there are books here that were decades in the making – some of the stories collected in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart Lamp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewere first published in the 1990s; Solvej Balle came up with the idea for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Calculation of Volume\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the 1980s;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Leopard-Skin Hat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis inspired by a life-long relationship between the author and her sister.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are books about survival and self-preservation – about our indomitable instinct to keep going in the face of catastrophe, oppression, extinction or hopelessness. In a world that can often seem full of despair, this is a shortlist that celebrates the human spirit – our capacity to endure and our impulse to live a better life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Titles may take a couple of days to arrive as shortlisted books often sell out and go to reprint straight away when the list is announced)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55476400816502,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/files\/928ACD69-6CE4-45E9-8088-7736871D45B6.jpg?v=1744123075","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/international-booker-prize-shortlist-bundle-89-rrp-104-95","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}