George Saunders has become the second American to win the Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award, for his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.

The book Lincoln in the Bardo was released in Febraury 2017, and is reportedly built around a single quasi-historical image: A year into the Civil War, the president’s son, Willie Lincoln, died of typhoid fever, prompting rumors that Abraham Lincoln would sneak into his crypt to cradle the dead body in his arms. This novel tells that story from the point of view of 166 ghosts.

The chair of this year’s Booker Prize judging panel, Baroness Lola Young is quoted as saying of the winning book:

“This really stood out because of its innovation — its very different styling and the way in which it paradoxically brought to life these not-quite-dead souls in this other world,

“There was this juxtaposition of the very personal tragedy of Abraham Lincoln with his public life, as the person who’d really instigated the American Civil War.”

Saunders is known for his satirical short stories, but Lincoln in the Bardo is his first novel. He is only the second American to ever win the Prize. Paul Beatty (2016 winner), was the first American to win the prize which was only open to citizens of the British Commonwealth up until 2014.

Source: https://www.olisa.tv/2017/10/george-saunders-becomes-2nd-american-to-win-man-booker-prize/

That's nice

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Wait for mine soon......
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These will shatter all records!!!!

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When will a novel or Short by A Nairalander win The Booker?

Modified: I forgot that Nnedi Okoroafor (Binti ) is a Nairalander sef.

Him try

kanayoNickel:
When will a novel by A Nairalander win The Booker?

Am on my way sir

Congratulations to him.

From experience, it seems the Booker Prize is partial to ethereal or supernatural characters woven into pseudo-historical plots.

And they won't even out the guy's picture.

Any African in the past?

superior1:
Any African in the past?

Chinua Achebe won it in 2007

SonOfmercy007:

Chinua Achebe won it in 2007

Great!.

That's really interesting, I enjoy reading historical books and not fictional. Telling a story is a stream of consciousness