Nathalie Abi-Ezzi and Charles Lambert on the IMPAC Dublin Award Longlist
November 2, 2009
A GIRL MADE OF DUST by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi and LITTLE MONSTERS by Charles Lambert have both been longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The shortlist will be announced on 14 April 2010, with the winner announced on 17 June 2010. Past winners of the IMPAC include Nobel Prize winner Herta Muller, Orhan Pamuk, Edward P. Jones, Colm Tóibín, Per Petterson and Rawi Hage.Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2008, the Waverton Good Read Award 2009 and the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 A GIRL MADE OF DUST is a poignant, warm and immensely readable novel set in a Christian village in Lebanon at the time of the Israeli invasion of the 1980s, and seen through the eyes of a young girl, Ruba. Published in the UK by Fourth Estate, 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, Indonesia, Italy, Lithuania and Spain.
LITTLE MONSTERS is a haunting literary debut from Charles Lambert. Published by Picador in the UK, it tells the story of a damaged girl in post World War II England, and the woman she becomes in present day Italy. Lambert's latest novel, ANY HUMAN FACE, will be published by Picador in May 2010.
Praise for A GIRL MADE OF DUST:
'This moving portrait achieves a dark poetry.' -- Kirkus
'An affecting and assured first novel.' -- Boston Globe
'Well-crafted…a moving insight into a brutal conflict.' -- Financial Times
Praise for LITTLE MONSTERS:
'Haunting.' -- Good Housekeeping
'Exquisitely tender…a powerful debut.' -- Jill Dawson
'Beautifully written and crafted, and more compelling than many thrillers.' -- Daily Mail
For more information on the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, click here.
For Charles Lambert's website click here and for his blog click here.