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AWARD-WINNING BOOKS
2009 Nobel Prize winner. The acclaimed author of The Appointment, Herta Muller is one of the leading figures in the new generation of German writers. She was a respected yet rather obscure author before winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now her notoriety brings her works to readers around the world who are eager to discover her prize-winning prose.
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2009 winner
PEN/FAULKNER AWARD
Netherland
by Joseph O'Neill
2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. A mesmerizing novel from the author of the "New York Times" Notable Book Blood-Dark Track. Netherland—set in post-9/11 New York—is about a man trying to make his way in an America of shattered hopes and values, and the unlikely occurrences that pull him back into an authentic, passionately engaged life.
2009 honoree
PULITZER PRIZE
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize winner. Perhaps our favorite fiction of 2008, this bittersweet, gripping, and hilarious short story collection has been awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize—a pleasant and deserved surprise for an unflashy book that dazzles. Meet Olive, whose everyday, elderly life will leave you longing for more.
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