1997 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

A Heart So White

Javier Marías

Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Award, and widely considered Javier Marías’s masterpiece, A Heart So White is a breathtaking novel about family secrets that chronicles the relentless power of the past. Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz; …

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

A Tiler’s Afternoon

Lars Gustafsson

Morvern Callar

Alan Warner

Novel Without a Name

Dương Thu Hương

Pereira Maintains

Antonio Tabucchi

Reservation Blues

Sherman Alexie

The Good Negress

A. J. Verdelle