A Momentary Taste of Being

The Longlist for the International Fiction Award

via the Literary Saloon, this short list nominated for the award: The Believers by Zoë Heller The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery God's Own Country by Ross Raisin Home by Marilynne Robinson. In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric Netherland by Joseph O'Neill Settlement by Christoph Hein The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker  Of these I have read only one-- The Believers which I certainly find worthy of a nod.  I have Home on my list to read and think that there is better chance of getting through it than through Gilead .  Perhaps after finishing, I can revisit Gilead and try to find what others found so appealing in the work. I've tried reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and must say that I wasn't in the mood--keep in mind that this says nothing whatsoever about the merits of the work.