October 11, 2006
Kiran Desai wins the Man Booker Prize
Kiran Desai has won the UK's leading literary award, the Man Booker Prize, for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.
The Writer's Blog has a post on Turkish Writers Speak Out in which it is concluded that "We sincerely hope that Mr. Dink and Ms. Shafak are right, but we have our doubts. If we were facing jail time for our writing or editing, it would be hard to see such a situation as having any positive aspects whatsoever." There are indeed positive aspects but this conclusion demonstrates how radically different existential positions people can have:)
Posted by erkan at October 11, 2006 05:24 AM | TrackBackPosted to Field Attractions