Novels that have stood the test of time
by McNally Robinson - Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:27am
The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize - a one-off prize to honour the
books published in 1970 that were not eligible for consideration for the
Booker Prize - has been announced at a special event at the Sunday Times
Oxford Literary Festival.
The six books are:
The Birds on the Trees by (Virago)
Troubles by (Phoenix)
The Bay of Noon by (Virago)
Fire From Heaven by (Arrow)
The Driver's Seat by (Penguin)
The Vivisector by (Vintage)
The shortlist was selected by a panel of three judges, all of whom were born in or around 1970. They are journalist and critic, Rachel Cooke, ITN newsreader, Katie Derham and poet and novelist, Tobias Hill. They chose the six books from an original longlist of 21 eligible titles which are still in print and generally available today.
The Lost Man Booker is the brainchild of Peter Straus, the honorary archivist to The Booker Prize Foundation. He realised that in 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became - as it is today - a prize for the best novel of the year of publication. At the same time the award moved from April to November and, as a result, a wealth of fiction published for much of 1970 fell through the net and was never considered for the prize.
The judges have chosen the shortlist but the winner of The Lost Man Booker Prize will be decided by the international reading public. Voting, via the Man Booker Prize website commences today. The overall winner will be announced on 19 May 2010.
Three of the authors on the shortlist have previously had success with the Booker Prize. The Siege of Krishnapur won in 1973; was shortlisted for her novels The Public Image (1969) and Loitering with Intent (1981) and was shortlisted in 1987 for Circles of Deceit. , and have never been shortlisted for the Booker or Man Booker Prize.
Vote today for the novel you think you should win the Lost Man Booker Prize.
The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize - a one-off prize to honour the
books published in 1970 that were not eligible for consideration for the
Booker Prize - has been announced at a special event at the Sunday Times
Oxford Literary Festival.
The six books are:
The shortlist was selected by a panel of three judges, all of whom were born in or around 1970. They are journalist and critic, Rachel Cooke, ITN newsreader, Katie Derham and poet and novelist, Tobias Hill. They chose the six books from an original longlist of 21 eligible titles which are still in print and generally available today.
The Lost Man Booker is the brainchild of Peter Straus, the honorary archivist to The Booker Prize Foundation. He realised that in 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became - as it is today - a prize for the best novel of the year of publication. At the same time the award moved from April to November and, as a result, a wealth of fiction published for much of 1970 fell through the net and was never considered for the prize.
The judges have chosen the shortlist but the winner of The Lost Man Booker Prize will be decided by the international reading public. Voting, via the Man Booker Prize website commences today. The overall winner will be announced on 19 May 2010.
Three of the authors on the shortlist have previously had success with the Booker Prize. The Siege of Krishnapur won in 1973; was shortlisted for her novels The Public Image (1969) and Loitering with Intent (1981) and was shortlisted in 1987 for Circles of Deceit. , and have never been shortlisted for the Booker or Man Booker Prize.
Vote today for the novel you think you should win the Lost Man Booker Prize.
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