World Literary Awards

← Back to Giller Prize

Giller Prize ぎらーしょう

Edition 7 (2000)

English-language works (including translations)Canadian literatureFiction (novels, short story collections)

Winners

2 people

After returning to Sri Lanka, forensic specialist Anil pursues the violence and silences of civil war through the investigation of a set of old bones.

An investigation of bones unseals a buried history.

320 pages
Sri Lankacivil warmemoryforensicshistorical fiction

Against a small New Brunswick community, Sydney Henderson's vow to reject violence is tested by poverty, prejudice, and the community's cruelty.

A vow of mercy becomes its own ordeal.

384 pages
New Brunswickfamilypovertyviolencemorality