Hello
Gentle Reader
The
IMPAC Literary Dublin Award has announced its shortlist. It is the most
lucrative award, for a single work of fiction, with a paycheque of $100, 000.
This year’s list ranges from established writers, to new writers, and up and coming
writers. There are books from the US, to Ireland, Jamaica, and Rwanda. The
following is the shortlisted writers and their work:
Scholastique
Mukasonga – Rwanda – “Our Lady of the Nile,”
Marlon
James – Jamaica – “A Brief History of Seven Killings,”
Michel
Laub – Brazil – “Diary of the Fall,”
Jenny
Erpenbeck – Germany – “The End of Days,”
Javier
Cercas – Spain – “Outlaws,”
Mary
Costello – Ireland – “Academy Street,”
Marilynne
Robinson – United States – “Lilia,”
Akhil
Sharma – United States – “Family Life,”
Jenny
Offill – United States – “Dept of Speculation,”
Dave
Eggers – United States – “Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do
They Live Forever?”
Two
writes on the shortlist are listed with their debuts: Scholastique Mukasonga
with her debut novel “Our Lady of the Nile,” and Mary Costello with her novel “Academy
Street.” Mary Costello is also the only Irish writer to have been shortlisted,
while the rest are from Spain, Brazil, Rwanda, Germany and the United States. It’s
not a varied list, by means in comparison with other literary awards, but it
will be interesting to see who will walk away with the literary award, and its
coveted paycheque.
Thank-you
For Reading Gentle Reader
Take
Care
And
As Always
Stay
Well Read
M.
Mary
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