The Longlist for the 2014 IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award has been announced today in Dublin. Here’s the list of the 152 nominees, chosen by librarians from selected libraries around the world. Most of these books were published in 2012, as there is a delay of about a year between publication and the creation of the longlist: http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/nominees/
The following sixteen books from this Longlist are reviewed here at the links provided, and more reviews will be added to this site between now and the announcement of the shortlist in April, 2014, prior to the selection of the winner in June. Four of these books were on my own FAVORITES LIST for 2012
Fabio Bartolomei: ALFA ROMEO 1300 AND OTHER MIRACLES
Ned Beauman: THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT
William Boyd: WAITING FOR SUNRISE
Peter Carey: THE CHEMISTRY OF TEARS
Louise Erdrich: ROUND HOUSE
Elena Ferrante: MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
Georgina Harding: PAINTER OF SILENCE
Peter Hoeg: THE ELEPHANT KEEPER’S CHILDREN
Thomas Keneally: DAUGHTERS OF MARS
Hilary Mantel: BRING UP THE BODIES
Jo Nesbo: PHANTOM
J. K. Rowling: THE CASUAL VACANCY
Daniel Silva: FALLEN ANGEL
Tan Twan Eng: THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS
Kim Thuy: RU
Mario Vargas Llosa: THE DREAM OF THE CELT
