Award Winning Books by
JOAN SILBER

Improvement by Joan Silber 20 reviews (2017) (256p) (NBCCA) (PF) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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Fools by Joan Silber 21 reviews (2013) (256p) (PF) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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The Size of the World by Joan Silber 5 reviews (2008) (352p) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

"A sublime and humane jigsaw puzzle of a novel." —Boston Globe An intricate web of crossed paths and enlightening journeys teach each of Joan Silber's characters something about "the size of the world" in this richly imagined novel. A National Book Award finalist for her last book, Silber here addresses the timeless topics of love, loss, yearning, and forgive... more >>

Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories by Joan Silber 18 reviews (2004) (224p) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

"Joan Silber writes with wisdom, humor, grace, and wry intelligence. Her characters bear welcome news of how we will survive."—Andrea Barrett Supple and precise, these stories cover lifetimes, much in the manner of Alice Munro and William Trevor. Set in France, Italy, New York, and China, in the past and present, they are about longings—about how sex and religion become pa... more >>

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Joan Silber Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 4   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 3   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 1 Improvement ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 1 Improvement ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 1 Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 1 Improvement ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 2 Fools · Improvement ·

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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