Jim Crace

Author of Being Dead

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About the Author

British author Jim Crace has won the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Harvest (Picador). The ¿100,000 (A$205,140) award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English, and is chosen by judges from a selection of titles nominated by show more libraries across the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Jim Crace

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Being Dead (1999) 1,560 copies

Quarantine (1997) 1,246 copies

Harvest (2013) 1,086 copies

The Pesthouse (2007) — Author — 894 copies

The Devil's Larder (2001) 479 copies

The Gift of Stones (1988) 370 copies

Arcadia (1992) 363 copies

Continent (1986) 297 copies

Six (2003) 226 copies

Signals of Distress (1994) 221 copies

The Melody (2018) 153 copies

All That Follows (2010) 147 copies

eden (2022) 39 copies

The Slow Digestions of the Night (1995) 7 copies

On Heat, Sins and Virtues (2008) 3 copies

Useless America 2 copies

Annie, California Plates 1 copy

Helter Skelter, Hang Sorrow, Care’ll Kill A Cat 1 copy

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 352 copies

Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contributor — 138 copies

Granta 109: Work (2009) — Contributor — 117 copies

Granta 119: Britain (2012) — Contributor — 110 copies

21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Contributor — 53 copies

The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird (2023) — Contributor — 15 copies

The Paris Review 167 2003 Fall (2003) — Interview — 14 copies

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Canonical name: Crace, Jim
Legal name: Crace, James
Birthdate: 1946-03-01
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Moseley, Worcestershire, England, UK
Forty Hill, Enfield, England, UK
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Education: University of London (BA Hons - English Literature ∙ 1968)
Enfield Grammar School
Occupations: writer
freelance journalist
novelist
playwright
Organizations: Voluntary Service Overseas
Awards and honors: Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1999)
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (2015)
International Dublin Literary Award (2015)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2013)
National Book Critics Circle Award (1999)
Whitbread Award (1986, 1997) (show all 12)
E. M. Forster Award (1996)
Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (1994)
GAP International Prize for Literature 91989)
Premio Antico Fattore (1988)
Guardian Fiction Prize (1986)
David Higham Prize for Fiction (1986)

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The Melody by Jim Crace

A gentle story.

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HelenBaker | 9 other reviews | May 6, 2024 |

The Devil's Larder: A Feast by Jim Crace

Unlike any book I have ever read. I was still hungry after the last word dripped off my tongue, so I licked my fingers and roamed the pages for loose crumbs. The hunger remains.... A 5 star food establishment, indeed!

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jemisonreads | 4 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

Continent by Jim Crace

A book of seven fictionaly short stories, each unexpected in theme, and written in a manner that the reader has no obvious signs that point towards their conclusions. Beautiful prose. A quick, but satisfying read.

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maryelisa | 8 other reviews | Jan 16, 2024 |

Quarantine by Jim Crace

A moving and fascinating novel that gradually hooked me. This is an alternate fictional account of the 40 days in the desert of Jesus (although the name is never used in the text). The story reorients received views about the ancient Middle East, biblical stories and daily life. In the process it can sensitise non-historians to the cosy fictions we too often live with.

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sfj2 | 37 other reviews | Dec 9, 2023 |

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