37 ViewsIsmail Fahd Ismail’s Al-Sabiliat explores the reason behind the existence of a green artery in the midst of a vast wasteland in Iraq In the final interview he gave before his death in September, the author talks about his birthplace Al Sabiliat which inspired his prize-winning novel of the same name “My ambition was […]
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69 Views“Milkman” by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel. Set in an unnamed city during the bloody “Troubles” of Northern Ireland, the “Milkman” tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl’s affair with an older man. […]
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42 ViewsA pair of debut novels, including one in verse, feature among six “miracles of stylistic invention” shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, judges of the British award announced on Thursday. “The Long Take” by poet Robin Robertson, commended as “a wholly unique literary voice and form”, became the first book written in verse with […]
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69 Views Chinese author Yan Lianke, whose works are banned in his heavily censored homeland, has urged world leaders not to shy away from confronting China about its human rights record. Yan, who offers frank portrayals of Chinese life prompting years of state censorship, said leaders flocking to China have become too focused on economic […]
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83 Views Singapore-born writer Kevin Kwan, whose book inspired the movie Crazy Rich Asians, defaulted on his national service obligations, “Mr Kevin Kwan failed to register for National Service (NS) in 1990, despite notices and letters sent to his overseas address. He also stayed overseas without a valid exit permit. Mr Kwan is therefore wanted […]
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68 Views British author V S naipaul has dies at his home in london his family have annaunced Lady Naipaul confirmed that her husband had died peacefully aged 85. “He was a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful […]
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83 Views Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is on the wall: her country is sliding into fascism. The award-winning author, still traumatised by the four months she spent in an Istanbul prison, warns that Turkey’s institutions are […]
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72 Views Ruling says Killing Commendatore must be wrapped with warnings of unsuitability and restricted to an adult readership The latest novel from Haruki Murakami, Japan’s most celebrated literary export, has fallen foul of censors in Hong Kong, where it was ruled to be indecent by a tribunal and removed from display at a book fair. […]
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101 Views “The English Patient,” the wartime love story by Michael Ondaatje, won the Golden Man Booker Prize here on Sunday night. The one-off award, voted for by the public, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker prize. The shortlist of five novels was selected by a panel of judges from the 51 previous winners of […]
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85 Views Offers a powerful account of the life of an activist who dared to speak out against both Sinhala chauvinism and the LTTE’s narrow nationalism Twenty-nine years after the brutal murder of Tamil human rights activist and feminist Rajani Thiranagama in Jaffna by an assassin allegedly deputed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam […]
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