The English version of Éric Chacour’s novel, What I know about you, was selected among the five finalists for the prestigious Giller Prize.
The English translation of What I know about you, What I Know About You (translated by Pablo Strauss at Coach House Books), is also in the running for the equally renowned Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
The last Quebec writer to be among the finalists for the Giller Prize is Catherine Leroux, for the translation of her novel The party wallin 2016.
First novel by Éric Chacour, What I know about you tells of an impossible relationship in Cairo in the 1980s. It has won numerous awards here and in France since its publication in 2023 by Alto, in addition to being translated into a dozen languages.
Among the finalists for the Giller Prize are also the following titles: Curiositiesby Anne Fleming (Knopf Canada), Prairie Edgeby Conor Kerr (Strange Light), Heldby Anne Michaels (McClelland & Stewart), as well as the collection of short stories Peacocks of Instagramby Deepa Rajagopalan (House of Anansi Press).
The winner will be announced on CBC on November 18 at 9 p.m.