International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

The 1999 Shortlist:

Jim Crace
Don DeLillo
Francisco Goldman
Ian McEwan
Andrew Miller
Haruki Murakami
Cynthia Ozick
Bernhard Schlink

Quarantine by Jim Crace

Quarantine ISBN: 014023974X (UK) 0374239622 (USA)

Nominated by:
Birmingham City Libraries, England;
Cleveland Public Library, Ohio;
State Library of South Australia;
Wellington City Council, New Zealand.

Web Links
Find out more about Jim Crace and his books on these sites:
Salon Magazine reviews Quarantine
A review of Quarantine from the Washington Post

Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat they encounter the evil merchant Musa who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles. Here, trapped in the wilderness, their battle for survival begins.

Jim Crace is the award-winning author of five novels: Quarantine won the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award and was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize.

Other books by Jim Crace:
Arcadia (0140276009) 1992
Continent (0749395729) 1986
Signals of Distress (0670856967) 1994
The Slow Digestions of the Night (1995)

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The 1999 Shortlist: Jim Crace Don DeLillo Francisco Goldman Ian McEwan Andrew Miller Haruki Murakami Cynthia Ozick Bernhard Schlink	Quarantine by Jim Crace ISBN: 014023974X (UK) 0374239622 (USA)	Nominated by: Birmingham City Libraries, England; Cleveland Public Library, Ohio; State Library of South Australia; Wellington City Council, New Zealand.	Web Links Find out more about Jim Crace and his books on these sites: Salon Magazine reviews Quarantine A review of Quarantine from the Washington Post
	Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat they encounter the evil merchant Musa who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles. Here, trapped in the wilderness, their battle for survival begins. Jim Crace is the award-winning author of five novels: Quarantine won the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award and was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize.	Other books by Jim Crace: Arcadia (0140276009) 1992 Continent (0749395729) 1986 Signals of Distress (0670856967) 1994 The Slow Digestions of the Night (1995)	Top of Page