Longlist | Authors 2004

The nominated texts for the 2004 longlist (author, country of origin, title, publisher, first publication date) are:

Ales Adamovich & Daniil Granin, Russia: The Blockade Book, Peak Independent Publishers, Moscow, 2003

Suad al-Amiry, Palestine: Sharon and my Mother-in-Law, Feltrinelli (Sharon e mia suocera), Milan, 2003

Daniel Bergner, USA: Soldiers of Light, Allen Lane/Penguin, London, 2004, first published under the title In the Land of Magic Soldiers, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2003

Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao, China: A Survey of Chinese Peasants, People’s Literature Publication Company, Beijing, 2003

Howard W. French, USA: A Continent for the Taking. The Tragedy and Hope of Africa, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004

Rose George, UK: A Life Removed. Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World, Penguin, London, 2004

Amira Hass, Israel: Reporting from Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land, Semiotext(e), Los Angeles & New York, 2003

Jean Hatzfeld, France: Une saison de machettes, Seuil, Paris, 2003

Jiang Wei, China: Who do You Represent? Reportage Vol. 17, Beijing, 2003

Tracy Kidder, USA: Mountains beyond Mountains. The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, Random House, New York, 2003

William Langewiesche, USA: American Ground. Unbuilding the World Trade Center, North Point Press, New York, 2002

Graciela Mochkofsky, Argentina: Timerman. El periodista que quiso ser parte del poder (1923-1999), Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2003

Paulo Moura, Portugal: Missnana. O sono leve da morte & Um bebé é um passaporte para o Céu, Pública: supplement of Público, Lisbon, 2003

Mikhail Ryklin, Russia: A Time for Diagnosis, Logos, Moscow, 2003

Åsne Seierstad, Norway: The Bookseller of Kabul, J. W. Cappelens Forlag (Bokhandleren i Kabul - et familiedrama), Oslo, 2002

Kayoko Yamasaki, Japan: A Blue Darkness Whispers from There, Kawade Shobo, Tokyo, 2003