2005 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner

The Known World
Edward P. Jones
From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave…
2005 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Shortlist

Deafening
Frances Itani

Elle
Douglas Glover

Gardening at Night
Diane Awerbuck

Phantom Pain (translated from Dutch by Sam Garrett)
Arnon Grunberg

The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem

The Good Doctor
Damon Galgut

The Great Fire
Shirley Hazzard

The Half Brother (translated from Norwegian by Kenneth Steven)
Lars Saabye Christensen
