The Impac Literary Dublin Award Shortlist

Hello Gentle Reader

It has been a rather hectic week; and I have not been able to stay on top of the literary news of the world. Because I knew when the Best Translated Book Award Shortlist would be announced, I was able to remember. However I completely missed the most lucrative literary prize for a single piece of fiction: The Impac Literary Dublin Awards shortlist.

A common person with the shortlists right now is one name; the Norwegian autobiographical-fiction writer: Karl Ove Knausgaard. Other writers include, Gerbrand Bakker, going for another win, after his debut novel “The Twin,” had won; as well as two debut novelists Donal Ryan and Patrick Flanery.

The shortlist reads as follows:

Gerbrand Bakker: “The Detour,” also published as: “Ten White Geese,”
Tan Twan Eng: “The Garden of the Evening Mists,”
Donal Ryan: “The Spinning Heart,”
Juan Gabriel Vásquez: “The Sound of Things Falling,”
Marie NDiaye: “The Strong Women,”
David Park: “The Light of Amsterdam,”
Patrick Flanery: “Absolution,”
Michelle de Kretser: “Questions of Travel,”
Andrés Neuman: “Traveller of the Century,”

As, it has always been stated prior to all authors on other shortlists: good luck. Though must wonder, will Knausgaard find himself with a three of a kind, picking up:

The Best Translated Book Award
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
[and]
The Impac Literary Dublin Award

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M. Mary