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The IMPAC Dublin shortlist was announced today (the longlist was announced a couple of months ago). The finalists are:
The Book of Illusions – Paul Auster
Any Human Heart – William Boyd
Caramelo – Sandra Cisneros
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
The White Family – Maggie Gee
This Blinding Absence of Light – Taher Ben Jelloun
Balthasar’s Odyssey – Amin Maalouf
Family Matters – Rohinton Mistry
Earth and Ashes – Atiq Rahimi
House of Day, House of Night – Olga Tokarczuk
I’m delighted that the Moroccan Ben Jelloun is on the shortlist though I haven’t yet read This Blinding Absence of Light. He’s not a current fave (I prefer his earlier work, like Harrouda) but definitely one worth reading.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.