麻豆社

The winner of the Man Booker International Prize is announced in June 2017. Significantly, the $64,000 prize money is divided equally between the author and the translator. 麻豆社 Weekend is speaking to the authors and translators of all six shortlisted books.

In this interview Julian Worricker talks to the Danish author Dorthe Nors who wrote Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, and the American translator of the novel, Misha Hoekstra.

The interview begins with an extract from the book in which the main character, Sonja, describes her somewhat awkward attempts at learning how to drive.

(Photo: Dorthe Nors, left, and Misha Hoekstra. Credits: Photographers Kirsten Klein and Anne Lietzen)