IRONWEED
American novelist, born 1928. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984.
IRONWEED is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Kennedy
- First published
- 1983
- Length
- 240 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1984
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Psychological
Is IRONWEED worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 92 | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1984) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of IRONWEED
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (1984), 240 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 1984)
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780140070200
How critics, prizes and readers rate IRONWEED
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 10% 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