WITH PREFACE BY JON FOSSE WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE INLITERATURE Since 2010 this anthology has been an essential resource for readers critics and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. In this the seventh installment of the series Best European Fiction 2016 continues its commitment to uncovering the best prose writing happening on the continent—from Azerbaijan to Denmark from Portugal to the Ukraine—featuring work by established authors such as Josef Winkler Christian Gailly and João de Melo as well as up-and-coming writers like Krisztina Tóth Justyna Bargielska Veronika Simoniti and Bessora The volume is also a forum for the best translators working today featuring new translations by Lawrence Venuti Vera Rich Amaia Gabantxo Adrian Nathan West and many more. Also featuring a provocative prefatory essay written by John Fosse Best European Fiction 2016 is another essential report on the state of global literature in the twenty-first century.
