SCHATJE'S REVIEWS OF THE SHORTLIST OF THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

10 novels have been shortlisted for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award.  This award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English, is worth €100,000 ($165.000+ CAN) to the winner.

Of the 10 titles, I’ve read 6 thus far so I’ve included links to my reviews where applicable:

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (British):  4 Stars https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2018/12/review-of-silence-of-girls-by-pat-barker.html

Milkman by Anna Burns (Irish):  4 Stars  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/01/review-of-milkman-by-anna-burns.html

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi (Iranian-French). Translated from the French by Tina Kover.

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Canadian):  4 Stars https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-of-washington-black-by-esi.htm5. 

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (American):  4 Stars https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2018/10/review-of-american-marriage-by-tayari.html

History of Violence by Édouard Louis (French). Translated from the French by Lorin Stein.

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez (American).

There There by Tommy Orange (Native American):  3.5 Stars  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/04/review-of-there-there-by-tommy-orange.html

All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy (Indian).

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish). Translated by from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones:  3.5 Stars  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/12/review-of-drive-your-plow-over-bones-of.html

The winner will be announced on Thursday, October 22.