IMPAC Literary Award 2011 Shortlist
Brooklyn
$22.99 – Paperback book / Picador
Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful d... Buy or find out more →
Love And Summer
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk
It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stran... Buy or find out more →
Ransom
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
David Malouf shines new light on Homer’s ILIAD, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant.
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In this exquisite gem of a novel, Achilles is maddened by... Buy or find out more →
Jasper Jones
$23.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Winner of the 2009 Indie Book of the Year award.
Full of unforgettable characters, a page-turning pace and outrageously good dialogue, this is a glorious novel - thoughtful, funny, heartbreaking and wise - about outsider... Buy or find out more →
After The Fire, A Still Small Voice
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
Following the breakdown of a turbulent relationship, Frank moves from Canberra to a shack on the east coast once owned by his grandparents. There, among the sugar cane and sand dunes, he struggles to rebuild his life.
Fo... Buy or find out more →
Galore
$23.95 – Paperback book / Other Press Llc
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, Caribbean & Canada and the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award; Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Thomas Head Raddall... Buy or find out more →
Let The Great World Spin
$22.99 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
Winner of the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction.
New York, August 1974. A man is walking in the sky and the city stands still, captivated by this sight, awe and d... Buy or find out more →
The Vagrants
$24.99 – Paperback book / Fourth Estate
In the provincial town of Muddy Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old and has already spent ten years in prison. The citizens... Buy or find out more →
The Lacuna
$23.99 – Paperback book / Faber
Winner 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
Dive into the most moving and beautiful novel of the year, from the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible.
The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn beween the warm he... Buy or find out more →
Little Bird Of Heaven
$24.99 – Paperback book / Fourth Estate
Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the mysterious conjunction of erotic romance and tragic violence in late 20th-century America returns to the emotional and... Buy or find out more →