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A horse walks into a bar interview david grossman tells us he tried to play it cool when he discovered a horse walks into a bar made the longlist, whilst jessica cohen describes how translation allows her to express the two languages she lives in. The central character is challenging and flawed, but completely compelling. Israeli author david grossman has won the man booker international prize for his novel a horse walks into a bar the award was announced on wednesday in. A novel kindle edition by grossman, david, cohen, jessica. David grossman wins man booker international prize the.
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