 His fourth novel, the award-winning "Traveller of the Century", first to be published in English, was selected among the best books of the year by "The Guardian" , "The Independent" and "Financial Times" .This novel was also shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, achieving a Special Commendation from the jury; as well as shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, being named one of "the two frontrunners who so sure-footedly outpaced the strong pack", according to an article written by the jury for "The Guardian".His next novel translated into English was "Talking to Ourselves", described by "The New York Times" as "a contemporary family drama and unflinching story of grief" as well as "a literary adventure", was longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award , shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize , and selected as number 1 among the Top 20 books of the year by "Typographical Era".