Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.
The longlist for the prize, one of the English language's top fiction awards, names 13 writers from seven countries. The "Man Booker dozen" 2013 comprises an diverse list of 13 novels that will astonish and intrigue in equal measure.
There are 13 outstanding novels range from the traditional to the experimental, from the first century AD to the present day, from 100 pages to 1000 and from Shanghai to Hendon.
The Lowland, is story set in India and America, which is going to be published in September 2013 and is one of the highly anticipated books of the fall. It is being pitched as an easy frontrunner in London’s literary circles.
Longlist 2013 Include:
• Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw (Fourth Estate)
• We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus)
• The Luminaries Eleanor Catton (Granta)
• Harvest Jim Crace (Picador)
• The Marrying of Chani Kaufman Eve Harris (Sandstone Press)
• The Kills Richard House (Picador)
• The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury)
• Unexploded Alison MacLeod ( Hamish Hamilton)
• Trans Atlantic Colum McCann (Bloomsbury)
• Almost English Charlotte Mendelson (Mantle)
• A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
• The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan (Doubleday Ireland)
• The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín (Viking)
About Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri, was born in 1967 in London and based in New York. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants from West Bengal.
She had won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her debut short story collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999). Her first novel The Namesake (2003) was adapted into a popular film of the same name by director.
About Man Booker Prize 2013
The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.
The longlist for the prize, one of the English language's top fiction awards, names 13 writers from seven countries. The "Man Booker dozen" 2013 comprises an diverse list of 13 novels that will astonish and intrigue in equal measure.
There are 13 outstanding novels range from the traditional to the experimental, from the first century AD to the present day, from 100 pages to 1000 and from Shanghai to Hendon.
The Lowland, is story set in India and America, which is going to be published in September 2013 and is one of the highly anticipated books of the fall. It is being pitched as an easy frontrunner in London’s literary circles.
Longlist 2013 Include:
• Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw (Fourth Estate)
• We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus)
• The Luminaries Eleanor Catton (Granta)
• Harvest Jim Crace (Picador)
• The Marrying of Chani Kaufman Eve Harris (Sandstone Press)
• The Kills Richard House (Picador)
• The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury)
• Unexploded Alison MacLeod ( Hamish Hamilton)
• Trans Atlantic Colum McCann (Bloomsbury)
• Almost English Charlotte Mendelson (Mantle)
• A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
• The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan (Doubleday Ireland)
• The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín (Viking)
About Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri, was born in 1967 in London and based in New York. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants from West Bengal.
She had won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her debut short story collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999). Her first novel The Namesake (2003) was adapted into a popular film of the same name by director.
About Man Booker Prize 2013
The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.
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