There have been two Canadian winners of the Award to date. Alistair MacLeod was awarded the prize in 2001
for his novel No Great Mischief, and
Rawi Hage received the prize for De
Niro’s Game in 2008. This year there
are 14 Canadian nominees, of which I have read only 5:
Mona Awad - 13 Ways of
Looking at a Fat Girl (https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/12/review-of-13-ways-of-looking-at-fat.html)
Rachel Cust - Transit
Dominique Fortier - The
Island of Books
Michelle Butler Hallett - This Marlowe
Anosh Irani - The
Parcel (https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/09/review-of-parcel-by-anosh-irani.html)
Jen Sookfong Lee - The
Conjoined
Catherine Leroux - The
Party Wall
Ashley Little - Niagara
Motel
Lisa Moore - Flannery
Steven Price - By
Gaslight (https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/04/review-of-by-gaslight-by-steven-price.html)
Edward Riche - Today I
Learned It Was You
Paul Rowe - The Last
Half of the Year
Madeleine Thien - Do
Not Say We Have Nothing (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/10/review-of-do-not-say-we-have-nothing-by.html)
Katherena Vermette - The
Break (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/02/review-of-break-by-katherena-vermette.html)
Perhaps we can also claim Emma Donoghue (who was born in
Ireland but is now a Canadian citizen living in Canada) who is nominated for The Wonder (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/11/review-of-wonder-by-emma-donoghue.html). And what
about David Szalay (who was born in Canada though the UK has been his home for
most of his life) who is nominated for All
That Man Is?
Here are the other nominees which I have read:
Julian Barnes – The Noise
of Time (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/04/review-of-noise-of-time-by-julian-barnes.html)
Sebastian Barry - Days
without End (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/02/review-of-days-without-end-by-sebastian.html)
Emma Cline - The Girls
(http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/03/review-of-girls-by-emma-cline.html)
Yaa Gyasi – Homegoing (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/02/review-of-homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi.html)
Herman Koch – Dear Mr.
M (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/09/review-of-dear-mr-m-by-herman-koch.html)
Affinity Konar – Mischling
(http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/11/review-of-mischling-by-affinity-konar.html)
Ian McEwan – Nutshell (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/11/review-of-nutshell-by-ian-mcewan.html)
Ian McGuire – The North
Water (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/08/review-of-north-water-by-ian-mcguire.html)
Sarah Perry – The Essex
Serpent (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/01/review-of-essex-serpent-by-sarah-perry.html)
Annie Proulx – Barkskins (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/09/review-of-barkskins-by-annie-proulx.html)
Elizabeth Strout – My Name
is Lucy Barton (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/01/todays-new-release-review-of-my-name-is.html)
Colson Whitehead – The
Underground Railroad (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/09/review-of-underground-railroad-by.html)
Jacqueline Woodson – Another
Brooklyn (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/12/review-of-another-brooklyn-by.html)
The full list of 150 titles is available at http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/.
The shortlist will be published in April 2018 and the winner will be announced on
June 13, 2018. I have only 131 books to
read in about 7 months!
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