The Prix des libraires du Québec is a French-language literary prize (well prizes, in several categories), and it's always interesting to see what they look at on the other side of the Atlantic (québécois writing, for one thing, which doesn't attract too much attention in France proper ...).
They've now announced their longlists (well, 'listes préliminaires'). The Catégorie Roman québécois introduces many works ... well, which we haven't heard much about. Meanwhile, the Catégorie Roman hors Québec covers everything from a recent Man Booker winner (Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries) to a work by a Nobel laureate (a Toni Morrison) to an Elena Ferrante and Michel Houellebecq's Submission and, oh dear, Andri Snær Magnason's LoveStar.
They've now announced their longlists (well, 'listes préliminaires'). The Catégorie Roman québécois introduces many works ... well, which we haven't heard much about. Meanwhile, the Catégorie Roman hors Québec covers everything from a recent Man Booker winner (Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries) to a work by a Nobel laureate (a Toni Morrison) to an Elena Ferrante and Michel Houellebecq's Submission and, oh dear, Andri Snær Magnason's LoveStar.