Booker Prize 2022: Bibliophiles react to shortlist announcement; predict who is going to win | Books and Literature News,The Indian Express
According to the official website, the shortlist includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated, writers from five different countries, and a "wealth of truly fabulous fiction"
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Booker Prize 2022: Bibliophiles react to shortlist announcement; predict who is going to win
According to the official website, the shortlist includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated, writers from five different countries, and a "wealth of truly fabulous fiction"
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New Delhi | September 7, 2022 12:32:09 pm
These six books have made it to the shortlist. (Photo: Twitter/@TheBookerPrizes)The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist has been announced, giving bibliophiles around the world a reason to rejoice. The announcement was made on ‘The Booker Prizes’ Twitter account, which shared — in a video description — the “the final six” shortlisted books and the names of their authors. According to the official website, the shortlist includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated, writers from five different countries, and a “wealth of truly fabulous fiction”.
We are delighted to announce the #BookerPrize2022 shortlist, here’s what the judges had to say about the final six. Find out more about the shortlisted books and authors: https://t.co/LYjnUXSbzk @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison pic.twitter.com/I5qWT1i5E9
— The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) September 6, 2022
There is ‘Glory‘ by NoViolet Bulawayo which is an “energetic and exhilarating joyride”, a story of “an uprising, told by a vivid chorus of animal voices that help us see our human world more clearly”.
Congratulations to NoViolet Bulawayo for being shortlisted for the #BookerPrize2022 with ‘Glory’. @ChattoBooks @vintagebooks @penguinrandom https://t.co/e9YuPPghqo pic.twitter.com/NGlED5gZfA
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