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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”.
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”.
‘Small Things Like These‘ by Claire Keegan is a “tender tale of hope and quiet heroism”, and a “celebration of compassion and a stern rebuke of the sins committed in the name of religion”.
‘Treacle Walker‘ by Alan Garner “illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him”.
‘The Trees‘ by Percival Everett “combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence”.
Shehan Karunatilaka’s ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida‘ is a “satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war”.
And finally, Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Oh William!’ is a “luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any time”.
While Alan Garner, at 87 years, is the oldest author to have ever been featured, the shortest book is ‘Small Things Like These‘ which finishes at 116 pages.
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Unfortunately, 20-year-old Leila Mottley, who made it to the longlist as its youngest writer ever for her debut novel ‘Nightcrawling‘, did not make it to the shortlist.
According to chair of judges Neil MacGregor, the shortlisted books are “set in different places at different times [and] are all about events that in some measure, happen everywhere, and concern us all”. In fact, the six authors represent “five different nationalities and four continents, with an equal split of men and women on the list”, states thebookerprizes.com.
Check out some of these reactions of people on Twitter, who cheered for their favourite authors, and others who predicted who would take home the coveted title.
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The Booker is awarded annually to a work of fiction published in English in the UK and Ireland. It is different from The International Booker Prize — which was recently won by Geetanjali Shree for her book ‘Tomb of Sand‘ — which is a work of translation published in the same territories.
The winner will be announced on October 17, 2022.
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