Mar 08 2012
The Orange Prize longlist has been announced. The 20-title list includes The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue,
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape), Gillespie and I by Jane Harris, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and State of Wonder by Ann Patchett.
The Orange Prize for Fiction is worth 30,000 UK pounds (about US$50,000). It was set up in 1996 to celebrate and promote international fiction by women throughout the world to the widest range of readers possible.
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
The Stone Home
by Crystal Hana Kim
A moving family drama and coming-of-age story revealing a dark corner of South Korean history.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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