{"id":147619,"date":"2021-07-27T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T23:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=147619"},"modified":"2021-08-20T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T02:45:25","slug":"announcing-the-2021-booker-prize-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2021\/07\/27\/announcing-the-2021-booker-prize-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2021 Booker Prize longlist!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"2021<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 Booker Prize longlist has just been revealed, with authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk, Richard Powers and more all making the list. It’s a longlist that’s heavy with established talent, with five of the authors on this year’s list having achieved Booker recognition in the past (Galgut, Ishiguro, Lawson, Powers and Sahota).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 Chair of Judges Maya Jasanoff said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018One thing that unites these books is their power to absorb the reader in an unusual story, and to do so in an artful, distinctive voice. Many of them consider how people grapple with the past \u2014 whether personal experiences of grief or dislocation or the historical legacies of enslavement, apartheid, and civil war. Many examine intimate relationships placed under stress, and through them meditate on ideas of freedom and obligation, or on what makes us human.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prize, which is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, is one of the most prestigious in the world, with the winning author receiving \u00a350,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shortlist will be revealed on the 14th of September, and the winner on the 3rd of November \u2014 check out the full 2021 Booker Prize longlist below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Passage North<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Anuk Arudpragasam (Granta Books, Granta Publications)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Rachel Cusk, (Faber)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Promise<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Damon Galgut, (Chatto & Windus, Vintage, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sweetness of Water<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Nathan Harris (Tinder Press, Headline, Hachette Book Group)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klara and the Sun<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Island<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Karen Jennings (Holland House Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Town Called Solace<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Mary Lawson (Chatto & Windus, Vintage, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No One is Talking About This<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Patricia Lockwood (Bloomsbury Circus, Bloomsbury Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fortune Men<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Nadifa Mohamed (Viking, Penguin General, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bewilderment<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>by Richard Powers (William Heinemann, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China Room<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Sunjeev Sahota (Harvill Secker, Vintage, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Circle<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Maggie Shipstead (Doubleday, Transworld Publishers, PRH)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light Perpetual<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>by Francis Spufford (Faber)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations to all of the authors on the 2021 Booker Prize longlist!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about the Booker Prize here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Award<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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