Nathalie Abi-Ezzi’s A GIRL MADE OF DUST longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award
February 20, 2009
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi's debut novel A GIRL MADE OF DUST has been longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, along with twenty other first books such as CHILD 44 by Tom Rob Smith and THE OUTCAST by Sadie Jones. The short list will be announced in April 2009. A team of 100 readers will review each book and finally select the winner in July 2009. The presentation dinner for the winning author is part of Chester's Literature Festival, which takes place in October 2009. Previous winners of the awards include THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF A DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME by Mark Haddon and SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN by Paul Torday.
Published in the UK by Fourth Estate, with the paperback due out from Harper Perennial on 2 April, A GIRL MADE OF DUST has also been sold in several countries around the world, including to Random in Canada and Grove Atlantic in the US. Translation rights are sold in Germany, Holland, Italy, Lithuania and Spain.
Praise for A GIRL MADE OF DUST:
'Captivating…A subtle, pertinent depiction of civilian life in the midst of bewildering conflict.'
-- Catherine Taylor, The Guardian
'A simple, honest story…Loosely based on her childhood experiences, Abi-Ezzi's novel is a testimony to survival.'
-- Rebecca Starford, The Australian
'A compelling chronicle of innocence lost…Abi-Ezzi portrays the child's awakening to the cruelties of life as both heartbreaking and profound, successfully eluding the clichés associated with the coming-of-age novel while simultaneously generously enriching its vocabulary.'
-- Val Nolan, The Sunday Business Post
Click here for Nathalie Abi-Ezzi's author page (BFLA)