Man Booker Prize longlist is announced
Two novels that have received praise in the US 鈥� 'Bring Up the Bodies' by Hilary Mantel and 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' by Rachel Joyce 鈥� made the cut.
Two novels that have received praise in the US 鈥� 'Bring Up the Bodies' by Hilary Mantel and 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' by Rachel Joyce 鈥� made the cut.
The longlist for England鈥檚 Man Booker Prize was announced Wednesday, with 12 books 鈥� including 鈥淏ring Up the Bodies鈥� by Hilary Mantel, currently a bestseller in the United States 鈥� making the cut.
The winner of the prize, which honors the year鈥檚 best novel, will be announced in October; the 12 nominees will be reduced to six in September. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to an author from Britain, one of the Commonwealth Nations, or Ireland.
The group of judges for the Man Booker Prize consists of editor of the Times Literary Supplement Peter Stothard; critic Dinah Birch; writer Amanda Foreman; reviewer Bharat Tandon; and actor Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley on the popular TV miniseries 鈥淒ownton Abbey.鈥�
Of the 12 nominees, only Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize before. Seven nominees have made the longlist for the first time.
鈥淲e did not set out to reject the old guard but, after a year of sustained critical argument by a demanding panel of judges, the new has come powering through,鈥� Stothard, who is also the chair of the judges, said in a statement.
The nominees besides 鈥淏odies鈥� by Mantel the other titles on this list are: 鈥淐ommunion Town鈥� by Sam Thompson; 鈥淧hilida鈥� by Andr茅 Brink; 鈥淪kios鈥� by Michael Frayn; 鈥淭he Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry鈥� by Rachel Joyce; 鈥淭he Lighthouse鈥� by Alison Moore; 鈥淭he Yips鈥� by Nicola Barker; 鈥淭he Garden of Evening Mists鈥� by Tan Twan Eng; 鈥淪wimming Home鈥� by Deborah Levy; 鈥淯mbrella鈥� by Will Self; 鈥淣arcopolis鈥� by Jeet Thayil; and 鈥淭he Teleportation Accident鈥� by Ned Beauman.