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Kirkus Prize
The Kirkus Prize is an American literary award conferred by the book review magazine ''Kirkus Reviews''. Established in 2014, the Kirkus Prize bestows annually. Three authors are awarded each, divided into three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature. It has been described as one of the most lucrative prizes in literature. Eligibility and selection Books reviewed by ''Kirkus Reviews'' that have received the Kirkus Star are automatically eligible for the Kirkus Prize and are selected for nomination. The eligibility dates of publication for books is typically between November 1 of the previous year and October 31 of the current year, with few exceptions. Self-published books that have earned the Kirkus Star are eligible for the Kirkus Prize. However, self-published books are not eligible based on their date of publication but rather the date of publication of their online review by ''Kirkus Reviews''. All books must first be reviewed by ''Kirkus Reviews'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing, Unburied, Sing
''Sing, Unburied, Sing'' is the third novel by the American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Scribner in 2017. It focuses on a family in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. The novel received overwhelmingly positive reviews, and was named by ''The New York Times'' as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. Characters Joseph (Jojo) is a main character and one of three narrators. He is the child of Michael, who is white, and Leonie, who is Black. The story starts on his thirteenth birthday at his maternal grandparents' house in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. Throughout the book Jojo often acts as a parent to his younger sister Kayla because his mother, Leonie, is not always present. Because of his strained relationship with his mother, Jojo looks up to his grandfather, who has been more of a paternal figure while Jojo's father was in prison, and wishes to be like him. Throughout the book, Jojo has many conversations with spirits while helping them move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Monticello
''My Monticello'' is a 2021 book written by debut author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, published October 5, 2021 by Henry Holt and Co. The books consists of five short stories and a novella. Contents * "Control Negro" * "Virginia Is Not Your Home" * "Something Sweet on Our Tongues" * "Burying a House Ahead of the Apocalyse" * "The King of Xandria" * ''My Monticello'' Reception ''My Monticello'' received starred reviews from ''Booklist,'' ''Publishers Weekly,'' and '' Kirkus Reviews,'' as well as positive reviews from ''The Washington Post,'' ''The New York Times,'''Book Page'' Book Reporter'' The Today Show People Magazine, Time, Ms. Magazine,'' ''Chicago Tribune,'' and Esquire'' The book was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. ''My Monticello'' also won th2021 Weatherford Prize the 2022 Library of Virginia Fiction Award, th2022 Lillian Smith Book Award and has been recognized as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem Shuffle (novel)
''Harlem Shuffle'' is a 2021 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is the follow-up to Whitehead's 2019 novel '' The Nickel Boys'', which earned him his second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is a work of crime fiction and a family saga that takes place in Harlem between 1959 and 1964. It was published by Doubleday on September 14, 2021. A sequel titled ''Crook Manifesto'' will be published in July 2023. Synopsis In 1959, Ray Carney lives in Harlem with his wife Elizabeth, with whom he is expecting a second child. Although descending from a criminal family, Ray makes his living working as an upstanding furniture salesman on 125th Street. However, he occasionally fences stolen goods through his furniture store, including those from his cousin Freddie. Whereas Ray has steered his way toward an honest living, Freddie is descending into Harlem's criminal underworld. Freddie orchestrates a robbery of the Hotel Theresa with his associates and volunteers Ray to fence what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow (novel)
''Harrow'' is a science-fiction fantasy novel by Joy Williams, published September 14, 2021 by Knopf Publishing Group. Reception ''Harrow'' received starred reviews from '' Kirkus Books'', ''Booklist,'' and ''Publishers Weekly'', as well as positive reviews from the ''Los Angeles Review of Books'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''New York Review of Books,'' ''Wall Street Journal,'' ''New Yorker,'' ''Star Tribune'', ''Atlantic, Chicago Review of Books, ZYZZYVA'', and ''A.V. Club''. The book received a mixed review from ''The'' ''Washington Post'' and ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ....'' References Kirkus Prize-winning works 2021 science fiction novels 2021 fantasy novels 2021 American novels Alfred A. Knopf books {{2020s-sf-nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuggie Bain
''Shuggie Bain'' is the debut novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart, published in 2020. It tells the story of the youngest of three children, Shuggie, growing up with his alcoholic mother Agnes in 1980s post-industrial working-class Glasgow. The novel was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize, making Stuart the second Scottish winner of the prize in its 51-year history, following James Kelman in 1994. ''Shuggie Bain'' was also a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction, the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the 2020 John Leonard Prize for Best First Book from the National Book Critics Circle. It was also selected as a notable book by the American Library Association on their 2021 ALA Notable lists for adult fiction. It is written in English, but dialogue is in Scots. As of April 2022, the novel has sold more than 1.5 million copies globally. Plot The novel opens in 1992, when Hugh "Shuggie" Bain is 15 years old and living alone in a boarding house in Glasg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Goldstein (translator)
Ann Goldstein (born June 1949) is an American editor and translator from the Italian language. She is best known for her translations of Elena Ferrante's '' Neapolitan Quartet''. She was the panel chair for translated fiction at the US National Book Award in 2022. She was awarded the PEN Renato Poggioli prize in 1994 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2008. Early life Ann Goldstein grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. She attended Bennington College, in Vermont, where she read Ancient Greek. She then studied comparative philology at University College, London. Career After her graduation, in 1973, Goldstein began work at '' Esquire'' magazine as a proof-reader. In 1974, she joined the staff of ''The New Yorker'', working in the copy department and becoming its head in the late 1980s. She retired from ''The New Yorker'' in 2017. From 1987, Goldstein edited John Updike's literary reviews contributed to ''The New Yorker''. During her time at ''The New Yorker'', Goldstein, along with som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiebre Tropical
''Fiebre Tropical'' is a bilingual young adult novel by Juliàn Delgado Lopera, published March 3, 2020 by Feminist Press. Reception Reviews ''Fiebre Tropical'' was well-received by critics, including starred reviews from ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Kirkus Reviews'', who also named it one of the best books of the year. ''Kirkus Reviews'' called ''Fiebre Tropical'' a "rich, deeply felt novel about family ties, immigration, sexual longing, faith, and desire," saying it was " multaneously raw and luminous." ''Publishers Weekly'' called Lopera's writing "funny, fresh, and indelible." The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' referred to the main character's voice as "captivating" and "riotously funny." Lambda Literary said the book is " nny, irreverent, and deeply moving with its pitch-perfect rendering of the kaleidoscopic emotionality of the character." They also highlighted the book's bilingual prose, saying it is "a much-needed approach to writing about not only immigration b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luster (novel)
''Luster'' is a 2020 debut novel by Raven Leilani. It follows a young Black woman who gets involved with a middle-aged white man in an open marriage. ''Luster was'' released on August 4, 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It received mainly positive critical reception and won the 2020 Kirkus Prize for fiction. In December 2020, the novel was found in Literary Hub to have made 16 lists of the year's best books. Plot ''Luster'' follows Edie, a Black woman in her twenties who lives in New York City and works as an editorial assistant. She meets Eric, a white man in his forties who is in an open marriage. Eric and his wife have a 12-year-old adoptive daughter, Akila, who is also Black. Edie begins a sexual relationship with Eric and moves to New Jersey to live with his family after she gets fired. Major themes Critics noted that the character of Edie is a ''flâneur'', which is notable as it is typically a literary position occupied by white male characters. Critical reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
''On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous'' is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. Plot The novel is written in the form of a letter by a young Vietnamese American nicknamed Little Dog, whose life mirrors that of Ocean Vuong. The letter is written to Little Dog's mother Hong, more often called or translated as Rose (''hồng''). The novel has a nonlinear narrative structure. The novel also recounts the life of Little Dog's grandmother, Lan, who escapes an arranged marriage during the Vietnam War and becomes a prostitute. She marries a white American soldier and gives birth to a child, although the father of the child is another man, as Lan was four months pregnant when she met the man who would become her husband. The child is Little Dog's mother, Rose. She is barely literate, having left school at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Harcourt
Geraldine Millais Harcourt (25 May 1952 – 21 June 2019) was a New Zealand translator of modern Japanese literature. Early life and education Harcourt was born in Auckland on 25 May 1952. She graduated from the University of Auckland, and first went to Japan in 1973. Career Harcourt developed a close working relationship with Japanese fiction writer Yūko Tsushima, and translated many of her works into English. These include: * Yūko Tsushima, ''Child of Fortune'' (1978) * Yūko Tsushima. ''Territory of Light'' (1979) * Yūko Tsushima, ''Woman Running in the Mountains'' (1980) * Yūko Tsushima, ''The Shooting Gallery & Other Stories'' (1973–1984) * Yūko Tsushima, ''Of Dogs and Walls'' (2018) Works by other Japanese authors translated into English by Harcourt include: * Shizuko Gō, ''Requiem'' (1985) * Hirotada Ototake, ''No One's Perfect'' (1998) * Yūko Tanaka, ''The Power of the Weave: The Hidden Meanings of Cloth'' (2013) * Takeshi Nakagawa, ''The Japanese House in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Children Archive
''Lost Children Archive'' is a 2019 novel by writer Valeria Luiselli. Luiselli was in part inspired by the ongoing American policy of Trump administration family separation policy, separating children from their parents at the Mexican-American border. The novel is the first book Luiselli wrote in English. The novel won the 2020 Rathbones Folio Prize and the 2021 International Dublin Literary Award. It was also longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize and the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. The novel details a cross-country journey from New York (state), New York to Arizona in a car by a husband and wife, Mama and Papa, and their children, "the girl" and "the boy," both from previous relationships. The novel incorporates fragments from the poetry of other poets, including from poems by Anne Carson, Galway Kinnell, and Augusto Monterroso. The novel's climax, "Echo Canyon", consists of a single sentence that runs for 20 pages. The novel ends with 24 Polaroid photos provided by Luiselli, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
