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THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS - 1981 |
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| The Man Booker Prize for Fiction represents the very best in contemporary fiction. One of the world's most prestigious awards, and one of incomparable influence, it continues to be the pinnacle of ambition for every fiction writer. It has the power to transform the fortunes of authors, and even publishers. |
| Winner! Midnight`s Children (Everyman`s Library (Cloth)) by Salman Rushdie Anyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay`s claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdie--less prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. Though Rushdie`s novels lack the requisite six musical numbers that punctuate every Bombay talkie, they often share basic plot points with their cinematic counterparts. Take, for example, his 1980 Booker Prize-winning Midnight`s Children: two children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947--the moment at which India became an independent nation--are switched in the hospital. The infant scion of a wealthy Muslim fam... Read more... |
| Good Behaviour by Molly Keane Read more... |
| The Sirian Experiments: The Report by the Ambien II, of... by Doris Lessing Shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize. The Sirian Experiments is the third volume in Doris Lessing`s celebrated space fiction series. `Canopus in Argos: Archives`. In this interlnked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora.blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing`s astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction. chronicles the origins of our planet, the three galactic empires fight for control of the human race. The novel charts the gradual moral a... Read more... |
| The Comfort of Strangers (Vintage International) by Ian Mcewan As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession. Read more... |
| Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee Muriel Spark in prime form: one of her most enjoyable, complex, and instructive jeux d`esprit. "How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happily loitering about London, c. 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world," as secretary to the peculiar Autobiographial Association. Mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance—or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case. But when its pompous director, Sir Quentin Oliver, steals the manuscript of Fleur`s new novel, fiction begins to appropriate life. The association`s members begin to act out scenes exactly as Fleur herself has a... Read more... |
| Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark Muriel Spark in prime form: one of her most enjoyable, complex, and instructive jeux d`esprit. "How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happily loitering about London, c. 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world," as secretary to the peculiar Autobiographial Association. Mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance—or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case. But when its pompous director, Sir Quentin Oliver, steals the manuscript of Fleur`s new novel, fiction begins to appropriate life. The association`s members begin to act out scenes exactly as Fleur herself has a... Read more... |
| The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Read more... |
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