The 2019 Booker Prize Longlist has been introduced! This yr’s longlist is comprised of 13 novels that span the globe, starting from established authors like Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie to debuts from new voices like Oyinkan Braithwaite. First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and printed within the UK or Eire. The winner of the prize will obtain £50,000. The shortlist will likely be introduced on September third and the winner will likely be introduced October 14th.
Peter Florence, chair of the judges, writes of the nominated titles, ‘They think about our world, acquainted from information cycle catastrophe and grievance, with wild humor, deep perception and a eager humanity. These writers provide pleasure and hope. They rejoice the wealthy complexity of English as a worldwide language. They’re exacting, enlightening and entertaining. Actually—learn all of them.”
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2019 Booker Prize Longlist
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Evening Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Geese, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Lady, Lady, Different by Bernardine Evaristo
The Wall by John Lanchester
The Man Who Noticed All the pieces by Deborah Levy
Misplaced Youngsters Archive by Valeria Luiselli
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Lanny by Max Porter
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Unusual World by Elif Shafak
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
The panel of judges for this yr’s award embrace founder and director of Hay Pageant Peter Florence (Chair); former fiction writer and editor Liz Calder; novelist, essayist, and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo; author and broadcaster Afua Hirsch; and live performance pianist, conductor, and composer Joanna MacGregor.
See extra of E-book Riot’s protection of the Booker prize right here.
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