Cailin
04-30-2011, 04:15 PM
So the shortlist for the Dublin Literary Impac Award is as follows:
Galore by Michael Crummey
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
Ransom by David Malouf
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Brooklyn by Colm Toibín
Love and Summer by William Trevor
After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie Wyld
It's based on nominations from libraries across the world.
I've read 3 of them - the Toibin, McCann and Trevor. LOVED the writing in Love and Summer though the McCann was also so beautifully composed. I really wasn't impressed with Brooklyn.
Anybody read any of them and have any recommendations?
Galore by Michael Crummey
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
Ransom by David Malouf
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Brooklyn by Colm Toibín
Love and Summer by William Trevor
After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie Wyld
It's based on nominations from libraries across the world.
I've read 3 of them - the Toibin, McCann and Trevor. LOVED the writing in Love and Summer though the McCann was also so beautifully composed. I really wasn't impressed with Brooklyn.
Anybody read any of them and have any recommendations?