![]() ![]() ‘We were bowled over by Grossman’s willingness to take emotional as well as stylistic risks: every sentence counts, every word matters in this supreme example of the writer’s craft.’ The central character is challenging and flawed, but completely compelling. A Horse Walks into a Bar shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality. He has won a number of international awards, including the French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Buxtehuder Bulle in Germany, Rome’s Premio per la Pace e l’Azione Umanitaria, the Frankfurt Peace Prize and Israel’s Emet Prize.Ī Horse Walks Into a Bar was selected from 126 books by a panel of five judges: Nick Barley (chair), Daniel Hahn, Elif Shafak, Chika Unigwe and Helen Mort.īarley said: ‘David Grossman has attempted an ambitious high-wire act of a novel, and he’s pulled it off spectacularly. Grossman writes fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature, and his work has been translated into 36 languages. They have also received a further £1,000 each for being shortlisted. The Man Booker International Prize celebrates the finest global fiction in translation, and Grossman will share the £50,000 prize with the book’s translator, Jessica Cohen. ![]() ![]() Set in a small Israeli town, the novel is the story of a standup comedian’s public breakdown, and is described as a ‘shocking and breathtaking read’. Bestselling Israeli writer David Grossman has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his ‘ambitious high-wire act of a novel’, A Horse Walks Into a Bar. ![]()
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