Great House
American novelist, born 1974.
Great House is a 2010 novel by Nicole Krauss. It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010.
In family saga
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Nicole Krauss
- First published
- 2010
- Length
- 304 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2010
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2011
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Psychological
Is Great House worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2010) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2011) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Great House
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2011), 304 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780670919345
How critics, prizes and readers rate Great House
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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