Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Booker Prize Shortlist 'Turns its back on readability'

Follow this link to the article in The Telegraph:


The Man Booker Prize 2012 judges. (L-R) Bahrat Tandon, Amanda Foreman, Sir Peter Stothard, Dinah Birch and Dan Stevens.
The Man Booker Prize 2012 judges. (L-R) Bahrat Tandon, Amanda Foreman, Sir Peter Stothard, Dinah Birch and Dan Stevens.  Photo: Heathcliff O'Malley

“What unites these shortlisted books and our response to them is the shock of language shown in so many different ways.” 
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  1. Carla13 September 2012 at 13:52

    For myself, I'm a bit disappointed they've decided to go in this direction. I don't like a book that's so 'experimental' reading it makes me feel like I'm trapped in a bad dream. I had a peek at the first page of the Will Self novel. 'I'm an ape man, an ape-ape man, I'm an ape-man!' Oh boy.

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