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description: The launch of Dalkey&amp;rsquo;s Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine the New York Times Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune Financial Times and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer Bookslut Paste and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and BBC Radio 3 and 4 in the UK; and a terrific response from booksellers who made Best European Fiction 2010 an &amp;ldquo;Indie Next&amp;rdquo; pick and created table displays and special promotions throughout the US and UK.For 2011 Aleksandar Hemon is back as editor along with a new preface by Colum McCann and with a whole new cast of authors and stories including work from countries not included in Best European Fiction 2010.UK WALES: Wiliam Owen Roberts The ProfessionalsUK ENGLAND: Hilary Mantel The Hearts Fails without WarningTURKEY: Ersan ldes Professional BehaviorSWITZERLAND: Verena Stefan Doe a DeerSPAIN (Catalan): Merc Ibarz Nela and the VirginsSPAIN (Castilian): Enrique Vila-Matas Far From HereSLOVENIA: Drago Janar The ProphecySERBIA: Vladimir Arsenijevi One Minute: Dumbos DeathRUSSIA: Andrei Gelasimov The Evil EyeROMANIA: Lucian Dan Teodorovici Goose ChasePORTUGAL: Gonalo Manuel Tavares Six TalesPOLAND: Olga Tokarczuk The Ugliest Woman in the WorldNORWAY: Frode Grytten Hotel by a RailroadNETHERLANDS: Manon Uphoff DesireMONTENEGRO: Ognjen Spahi Raymond is No Longer with UsCarver is DeadMOLDOVA: Iulian Ciocan Auntie FroseaMACEDONIA: Blae Minevski Academician Sisoyes Inaugural SpeechLITHUANIA: Danut Kalinauskait Just ThingsLIECHTENSTEIN: Stefan Sprenger DustLATVIA: Nora Ikstena Elza Kugas Old-Age DementiaITALY: Marco Candida Dream DiaryIRELAND (Irish): ils N Dhuibhne TrespassesIRELAND (English): Kevin Barry Doctor SotICELAND: Kristn Eirksdttir Holes in PeopleHUNGARY: Lszl Krasznahorkai The BillGERMANY: Ingo Schulze Oranges and AngelGEORGIA: Zurab Lezhava Sex for FridgeFRANCE: Eric Laurrent American DiaryFINLAND: Anita Konkka The ClownESTONIA: Toomas Vint Beyond the Window a Park is DimmingDENMARK: Peter Adolphsen Fourteen Small StoriesCZECH REPULIC: Michal Ajvaz The Wire BookCYPRUS: Nora Nadjarian ExhibitionCROATIA: Mimi Simi My GirlfriendBULGARIA: Alek Popov PlumbersBOSNIA &amp; HERZEGOVINA: Goran Samardi VarneeshBELGIUM: Franois Emmanuel Lou DancingBELARUS: Victor Martinovich TabooAUSTRIA: Dieter Sperl Random WalkerALBANIA: Arian Leka Brothers of the Blade
language: English
title: Best European Fiction 2011
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press