Nov 20 2018
Esi Edugyan was announced as the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Washington Black during a televised awards banquet Monday night at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto. The Giller is considered Canada's most prestigious literary prize.
Edugyan previously won the prize in 2011 for her novel Half-Blood Blues, making her the third two-time Giller winner, alongside M.G. Vasangi and Alice Munro.
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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