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Compelling tales nominated by librarians

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 2 Comments

We're in the count-down days to the announcement of the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It's not the winner I'm most interested in but the short-list of nominees, which always provides a whopping good reading list. Here are the 10 in the line-up.

“The Twin” gets this year’s IMPAC

June 24, 2010 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

"The Twin" is Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker's first novel, and it won this international literary award over Marilynne Robinson's "Home," Muriel Barbery's "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" and Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland." Here's a summary of what the book and the award are all about.

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