Sunday, June 08, 2008

Orange Prize: Winners

Rose Tremain was announced as the winner of the 2008 Orange Prize for her novel "The Road Home". It's a story of Lev, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, who travels to Britain to seek work. He is grieving the passing of his wife, while he leaves his land and everything to come to a new strange land. He wants to get a good job so that he can send money back home to support his mother and daughter.

Joanna Kavenna was awarded the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers for her book "Inglorious" which is about a character, Rosa who goes through a break down after the death of her mother. She quits her good job, her boyfriend breaks up with her and gets engaged to her friend, her debts begin to pile up and her bank is not helping matters.

I was at the readings for both awards and I actually bought the book "Inglorious" afterwards. I've started reading it and I'm intrigued to see what happens to the character as the story unfolds. I'll probably buy "The Road Home" as well because it sounds interesting. Mainly because I want to see how the writer portrayed English people through the eyes of an immigrant.

Hope you all had a great weekend and are looking forward to a wonderful week!

4 comments:

  1. Good to know u're exploring the waters...how are ur own writings coming along?

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  2. Anonymous6:47 pm

    try reading "so long a letter" by mariama ba. i hope i got the first name ight

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  3. How is your writing coming along? How far???

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  4. @ Jaycee: How are you my dear? My writing is going well, if a bit slow. I'll explain shortly.

    @ Anonymous: Thanks for the recommendation. I've heard about the book but I haven't read it yet.

    @ Vera: My writing is going well, thanks. How's yours?

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