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The Booker Prize guide to... dystopian fiction
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, winner of Booker Prize 2023, is far from the first dystopian novel to have been recognised by the Booker judges
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Why Tomb of Sand won the 2022 International Booker Prize and why you should read it
Daisy Rockwell’s and Geetanjali Shree’s genre-defying masterpiece, Tomb of Sand, won the International Booker Prize 2022. Here’s why the judges loved it.
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Thomas Keneally on how he wrote Schindler's Ark: 'I knew where the good stuff was'
In writing Schindler’s Ark, winner of the 1982 Booker Prize, Thomas Keneally found himself in the unique position of both author and archivist
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The International Booker Prize effect: how Tomb of Sand made literary history
Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell’s triumph at the 2022 International Booker Prize – the first time a novel translated from Hindi has been longlisted – could now blaze a trail for more authors writing in South Asian languages and help bring them to a global audience
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Yann Martel on writing Life of Pi: 'You want a sense that it was written in one breath'
In an exclusive interview, the 2002 Booker Prize winner talks about the process behind his best-known novel — and making the fantastic feel believable
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Anita Desai: 'I thought the book would seem ghostly now, but it's all coming around again'
Anita Desai discusses how her deeply personal Booker Prize shortlisted novel Clear Light of Day resonated with readers and critics when first published in 1980, and why its themes remain relevant today.
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Why those who dismiss V.S. Naipaul as a defender of colonialism should take a closer look at his writing
Sameer Rahim writes on Naipaul, a complex and divisive figure, regarded by some as morally suspect – but it’s wrong to see him as an elegist for empire
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The art of translation and why it matters
As Tomb of Sand wins the 2022 International Booker Prize, readers and translators tell Sarah Shaffi how translated literature can help us learn more about ourselves and each other
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The 2022 International Booker Prize Winners Announced
The 2022 International Booker Prize Winners Announced
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