![]() ![]() ![]() My world feels like it has been on shifting sands and most of my plans have had to be abandoned, with the consequence that I have often felt like I was failing at every turn. I would like to read all of the novels on this year’s shortlist, they all sound fascinating, but if there is one thing the past twelve months have taught me it is that I should not be too goal-orientated. One of the fears was that it would “homogenise” literary fiction, although it is curious that this year’s prize nominees constitute one of the most diverse I can remember with it having a majority of women and a majority of people of colour. The Booker Prize seems like less of a landmark than it once was, though one of the criticisms is that it is now dominated by US-published books, since it was opened up to writers in English from outside the Commonwealth in 2014. I think I read five out of the six one year, but last year I think I only managed two or three and abandoned the intention somewhere around Christmas-time. In past years I have set myself the task of trying to read the whole shortlist before the award is made, but I have never yet managed it. ![]() The big excitement in the literary world recently was, of course, the announcement of this year’s Booker Prize shortlist. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |