[Official announcement] – Julian Barnes, Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, Stephen Kelman and A.D. Miller are today, Tuesday 6 September, announced as the six shortlisted authors for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
The judges’ selection includes two first time novelists – Stephen Kelman and A.D. Miller – while four of the books are from independent publishers. Of the six writers, two have enjoyed success with the prize in the past. Julian Barnes has been shortlisted three times for Arthur and George (2005), England, England (1998) and Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), while Carol Birch was longlisted in 2003 for Turn Again Home. Two Canadian writers feature on the shortlist – Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan – along with four British novelists.
Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending
- A truly wonderful novel that will have the reader immersed in the story from the very first page, and all…
Carol Birch
Jamrach’s Menagerie
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I was born twice. First in a wooden room that jutted out over the black water of the Thames, and…
Patrick deWitt
The Sisters Brothers
- From the author of the acclaimed Ablutions, this dazzlingly original novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant…
Esi Edugyan
Half Blood Blues
- ‘Chip told us not to go out. Said, don’t you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of…
Stephen Kelman
Pigeon English
- Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a…
A D Miller
Snowdrops
- “A.D. Miller’s Snowdrops is a riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young…
The winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on Tuesday 18 October at a dinner at London’s Guildhall and will be broadcast on the BBC. The winner will receive £50,000 and each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, will receive £2,500 and a designer bound edition of their book. Last year’s winner, The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson, has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone.
Continued at the Man Booker Prize site | More Chronicle & Notices.
