Man Booker Prize 2013

This year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist is one of the most diverse in recent memory. Each novel has its own highly distinctive taste and style ranging from 832 pages to 104. The oldest author is 67, the youngest 28 (Elanor Catton, indeed the youngest ever shortlistee!). The original longlist contained 151 novels, so well done to the judges for reading and, in some instances, re-reading these books! It seems that the judges are not swayed by big names with a number of renowned writers not making it onto the list.

The books on this list show that the novel continues to be a multi-faceted thing and that the inspiration to write comes from all places, knowing no boundaries – geographical or otherwise.

The list.

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus)

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Granta)

Harvest by Jim Crace (Picador)

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury)

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín (Penguin)

The winner is announced on October 15^th.

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