IMPAC Dublin Award – Shortlist selected by Librarians
The shortlist for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was announced April 12, 2010. Libraries in capital and major cities around the world nominate books on the basis “high literary merit".
• The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch)
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (Moroccan/French)
• In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric (British)
• Settlement by Christoph Hein (German)
• The Believers by Zoë Heller (British).
• Fig Tree Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (Irish)
• God’s Own Country by Ross Raisin (British)
• Home by Marilynne Robinson (American)
The winner will be announced June 17, 2010.
– Jane
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