National Book Critics Circle 2025 Finalists

Hooray for the ND titles shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards!

For the NBCC Award in Criticism and the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize:
Exophony by Yoko Tawada, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda

For the NBCC Award in Fiction:
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell. 

For the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize:
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken.

Congratulations to all our finalists!

—New Directions

cover of the book Exophony cover of the book On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) cover of the book The Wax Child
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