Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012: shortlist

The shortlist for the 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP) :

• Alice by Judith Hermann, translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo  
• Blooms of Darkness by Aharon Appelfeld, translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M Green 
• Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke, translated from the Chinese by Cindy Carter  
• From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb  
• New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani, translated from the Italian by Judith Landry  
• The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon

The IFFP rewards the best contemporary literature translated into English.
 
The winner of the £10,000 prize will be announced in London on 14 May.
 
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012