Šiandien buvo paskelbtas Orange Book Award Longlist. Orange Book Award yra vienintelė premija, kuria apdovanojamas anglų kalba moters sukurtas romanas.

Štai jis (ilgas pretendentas į mano knygų lentynas):

Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – Sudanese; 3rd Novel

Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch (Canongate) – British; 10th Novel

Room by Emma Donoghue (Picador) – Irish; 7th Novel

The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi (Bloomsbury) – Indian; 1st Novel

Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty (Faber and Faber) – British; 6th Novel

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Corsair) – American; 4th Novel

The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Bloomsbury) – British/Sierra Leonean; 2nd Novel

The London Train by Tessa Hadley (Jonathan Cape) – British; 4th Novel

Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson (Sceptre) – British; 1st Novel

The Seas by Samantha Hunt (Corsair) – American; 1st Novel

The Birth of Love by Joanna Kavenna (Faber and Faber) – British; 2nd Novel

Great House by Nicole Krauss (Viking) – American; 3rd Novel

The Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone (Chatto & Windus) – American; 3rd Novel

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – Serbian/American; 1st Novel

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Viking) – American; 1st Novel

Repeat it Today with Tears by Anne Peile (Serpent’s Tail) – British; 1st Novel

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (Chatto & Windus) – American; 1st Novel

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin (Serpent’s Tail) – British/Nigerian; 1st Novel

The Swimmer by Roma Tearne (Harper Press) – British; 4th Novel

Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Jonathan Cape) – Canadian; 1st Novel

Tikriausiai Giedrė jau su manim džiaugias, kad sąraše yra Nicole Krauss knyga. Aš ją jau turiu ir ji pačiam pačiam sąrašo prieky (kaip ir dar kokios dešimt knygų, kurias tuoj tuoj jau skaitysiu). Pasigirk, jei skaitei kokią nors iš čia išvardintų knygų. O koks viršelis tau gražiausias? O kaip tau atrodo, kas laimės premiją?

Lauksim shortlist!