For distinguished fiction by an American author:
Awarded to The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on
an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and
into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.
Finalists:
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank," by Nathan Englander
(Alfred A. Knopf), a diverse yet consistently masterful collection of
stories that explore Jewish identity and questions of modern life in
ways that can both delight and unsettle the reader; and "The Snow
Child," by Eowyn Ivey (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown), and
enchanting novel about an older homesteading couple who long for a child
amid the harsh wilderness of Alaska and a feral girl who emerges from
the woods to bring them hope.
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