Dear Bookclub,
The 2014 Man Booker prize for fiction
was awarded at a ceremony on October 14, 2014. Until this year, only novels
written in English and published in the UK were eligible for
consideration. Beginning in 2014, rules were changed to extend
eligibility to any novel written in English
. It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.
On September 9 , 2014, the shortlist was announced..... among the six novels was our selection:
***Joshua Ferris:
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour ***
Richard Flanagan:
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Karen Joy Fowler:
We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesHoward Jacobson:
J
NeelMukherjee:
The Lives of Others
Ali Smith:
How to be Both
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On the 14th October, chair judge A. C. Grayling announced that
Australian author Richard Flanagan had won the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
(The judges spent three hours deliberating before announcing the winner.
Grayling described the historical novel as a "remarkable love story as
well as a story about human suffering and comradeship").
Meanwhile, back in the Ferris world, "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" just won the Dylan Thomas prize, two days ago. This is interestingly awarded to the best literary work written in the English language written by an author aged 39 or younger. (the age Thomas was when he died). (Aside: Ferris turned 40 on 11/8/2014....... today!)
Enough with the minutiae. But I love it and I love this novel.
Please RSVP to Kim for our November 13 meeting.
Read, floss, read,
LK
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