Founded in 2014, Fitzcarraldo Editions’s distinctive blue/white paperback originals with French flaps are gaining steady recognition in the literary world, winning the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize in 2017 with John Keene’s Counternarratives, and the 2018 Man Booker International Prize with Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. In 2019 the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation was awarded to Annie Ernaux’s The Years.
When Karen at Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings noticed a profusion of Fitzcarraldos in her TBR, I took a look at mine. My stack is somewhat more modest, but nevertheless sufficient to keep me well read for a fortnight. Cue the birth of a Fitzcarraldo Editions Fortnight.
Diaries have been coordinated, and Karen and I will be reading and blogging our way through our Fitzcarraldo Editions stacks from 16-29 February 2020. All are welcome to join us. Will you?
Looking forward to this so much – should be great fun! 😀
I shall hopefully join in with one of the two Olga Tokarczuk books I have tbr.
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Great idea, Lizzy! I am looking forward to reading some Fitzcarraldos with you and Karen. Count me in 🙂
Count me in I’ve a couple unread
What a great idea! I don’t have any but will watch with interest!
To all who are joining in, welcome. Happy reading! To all watching from the sidelines, may your wishlist grow exponentially! 😉
I have one on the shelves, by Ian Penman, it’ll have to be in the second week after my own Paul Auster Reading Week. 🙂
Just posted my review of the Ian Penman book. Loved it. https://annabookbel.net/fitzcarraldo-fortnight