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Edition 13 (1931)

FictionBiographyDrama

Winners

2 people
Kate O'Brien けいと おぶらいえん Winner

An Irish novel about family fracture, return, and the cost of belonging.

Within a family history of silences, the meaning of home is tested.

496 pages
novelIrelandfamilyhomecomingconflict
John Young Thomson Greig じぇいわいてぃー ぐりーぐ Winner

A biography tracing the life and thought of David Hume.

The contours of a philosopher's mind are redrawn in the air of his age.

biographyphilosophy18th centuryintellectual historyScotland