The 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist was announced last night.
To see the whole list, click here.
To read reviews of the titles I’ve read, click the link on the titles below. Australian and New Zealand authors are underlined.
Seven Terrors – Selvedin Avdić – translated from Bosnian by Coral Petkovich
The Voyage – Murray Bail
The Detour – Gerbrand Bakker – translated from Dutch by David Colmer
HHhH – Laurent Binet – translated from French by Sam Taylor
The Chemistry of Tears – Peter Carey
Questions of Travel – Michelle De Kretser
A Hologram for the King – Dave Eggers
Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel – only a Sensational Snippet, sorry!
The Daughters of Mars – Tom Keneally
The Garden of Evening Mists – Twan Eng Tan
A Death in the Family – Karl Ove Knausgaard – translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett
Lost Voices – Christopher Koch
The Prisoner of Heaven – Carlos Ruiz Zafón – translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves
My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante – translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein
Dublinesque – Enrique Vila-Matas – translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey & Anne McLean
Traveller of the Century – Andrés Neuman – translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
Honour – Elif Shafak- translated from Turkish by Elif Shafak
Painter of Silence – Georgina Harding
NW – Zadie Smith
The Light Between Oceans – M L Stedman
Mateship with Birds – Carrie Tiffany
The Testament of Mary – Colm Tóibín
Narcopolis – Jeet Thayil
PS 18 November 2013
Kim from Reading Matters has done a similar post on her blog, and she’s read lots that I haven’t so make sure you visit to check out her reviews too.
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog 
Nice list – Thank you! I’ve read 8 and definitely plan on 3 more. And a couple others will be added to ye olde wish list. :-)
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By: Becky Lindroos on November 14, 2013
at 12:41 am
This is wonderful, Lisa! I can’t believe that you have read so much of the longlist already! You are inspiration for the rest of us! It is nice to see Michelle de Kretser and Peter Carey there on the list.
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By: Vishy on November 14, 2013
at 1:22 am
Ah, I was going to do something similar on my blog! It’s quite an eclectic list, isn’t it? I was surprised by how many I had read from it, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near as many as you!
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By: kimbofo on November 14, 2013
at 8:57 am
I hope you do, do the same, because you’ll have read different ones to me. I love your blog for the reviews of Irish authors in particular, I reckon you’re responsible for a whole shelf on my TBR!
(It should make me too scared to read your blog, but LOL it only encourages me…)
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By: Lisa Hill on November 15, 2013
at 4:27 pm
What a long list! Is this list every book that was published in recent years? My favorites are ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk’ and ‘The Dinner’ and ‘My Brilliant Friend’. and ‘A Hologram for the King’. I can’t figure out why they left out ‘Life After Life’ by Kate Atkinson or why they included ‘The Testament of Mary’ or ‘Chemistry of Tears’. .
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By: Anokatony on November 14, 2013
at 4:13 pm
Good grief! You’ve read so many of them! Pleased to see that there are several Australian authors there. In fact (in a very quiet voice) are we perhaps over-represented? This is an international prize isn’t it?
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By: residentjudge on November 14, 2013
at 6:29 pm
It is indeed a long list, and (in a quiet voice like Janine’s) I have my doubts about some of what’s there e.g. The Casual Vacancy but some of what’s there is really terrific stuff. I don’t know how they choose the winner, the judges can’t possibly read ’em all!
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By: Lisa Hill on November 14, 2013
at 9:11 pm
Thanks for sharing this and you’ve read a great number of them.
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By: Nana Fredua-Agyeman on November 14, 2013
at 11:23 pm
HI Nana, I think many of these reviews derive from being on Shadow Juries, which are a great way to discover the cream of what’s available around the world.
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By: Lisa Hill on November 15, 2013
at 4:28 pm