IMPAC Shortlist

The Shortlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (which is one choice exclamation point away from being the most exciting prize out there) was just announced:

• The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas (Spanish) (trans. by Anne McLean)

• The Sweet and Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneraratne (Sri Lankan)

• De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage (Lebanese)

• Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones (Australian)

• Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua (Israeli) (trans. by Miriam Shlesinger)

• The Attack by Yasmina Khadra (Algerian) (trans. by John Cullen)

• The Woman Who Waited by Andrei Makine (Russian) (trans. by Geoffrey Strachan)

• Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Irish)

The winner will be announced on June 12th and will receive a €100,000 prize.