Nun ist es entschieden. Der diesjährige Man Booker Prize geht an:
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"Set in England in the 1520s, Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey’s clerk, and later his successor.
Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages.
From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage."
Quelle: The Man Booker Prize
Auf der Shortlist waren weiterhin:
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[li]A. S. Byatt: The Children's Book[/li]
[li]J. M. Coetzee: Summertime[/li]
[li]Adam Foulds: The Quickening Maze[/li]
[li]Simon Mawer: The Glass Room[/li]
[li]Sarah Waters: The Little Stranger[/li]
Hat schon jemand etwas davon gelesen/auf dem SuB? Vor allem: Kann schon jemand etwas zum Siegertitel sagen? Interessant klingt er, genau wie manch anderer der Shortlist-Titel. Da sehe ich schon wieder eine Bestellung auf mich zukommen
Schönen Gruß,
Aldawen