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Neck & neck race for Man Booker

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While Arundhati Roy’s comeback novel has once again made the cut for the just announced Man Booker Prize longlist, the other books that are running for the 50,000 pound award make it one of the most diverse lists in the race for a literary award in the recent years.

 

Roy’s comeback novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is the most celebrated book in the list, which also comprises several other literary heavyweights as well as three debutant writers. For the judges, Roy’s is “a rich and vital book,” but a close look at the longlist reveals that the other contenders for the much-coveted prize are on an equal footing.

 

Roy’s comeback novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is the most celebrated book in the list. For the judges, Roy’s is “a rich and vital book,” but a close look at the longlist reveals that the other contenders for the much-coveted prize are on an equal footing

 

The judges, according to a Youtube video released by the Prize  committee, went through over 150 books in a “relatively short span of time” and were thoroughly impressed by so many unusual and beautiful novels. For author Sarah Hall, a member of the judging panel, it’s been “a thrill to sit down and discover them.” Another member of the panel, Lila Azam Zanganeh, felt that the longlist clearly reflects the “state of fiction today

 

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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