Winner of Man Booker Prize for 2013, Also The Youngest Writer Ever To Win The Title
Eleanor Catton, a 28 year old writer from New Zealand won the Man Booker's prize for this year for her second novel, 'The Luminaries'. This makes her the youngest writer ever to have won this title but that's not it she is also the last winner of the title that takes only Commonwealth Countries and Ireland into consideration. From the following year this prize will be open for all writers across the world.
The Man Booker prize cheque of £50,000 was awarded to Ms. Catton by Emmanuel Roman, Chief Executive of Man while the trophy was awarded by The Duchess of Cornwall.
While announcing the winner of this prestigious title, Robert Macfarlane, Chair of the panel of Judges for the prize mentioned that for this book that, “ the book as intricately structured as an orrery. Each section is half the length of its predecessor, right down to the final, astonishing pages,”
About The Book
The story for 'The Luminaries' is based in the late 19th century during the Gold Rush period in New Zealand. Walter Moody, the central character of the novel comes to the gold fields of NZ in the hope for making a fortune in 1866. On his arrival, he is stumbled on to a gathering of few people who were discreetly discussing about a series of unsolved crimes. Moody gets drawn into the mystery that involves stories such as the wealthy man who has vanished, a whore who tried to commit suicide and a huge fortune discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. The novel is mysterious in nature and registers the historical period of mid 19th century- a world of shipping and banking and the gold rush boom.
The author commented about her novel post prize winning event that “With The Luminaries I had a question that I wanted to ask, and the question led me in my research from book to book, and in my writing from scene to scene, and I still do not feel that I have answered the question in a definitive sense, but the book is the answer to that question.” The question, she said, “has to do with self-knowledge, and the degree to which the knowledge of your own destiny corrupts a person. A lot of the characters in the book are engaged with their own past.”
This latest Man Booker's Prize winning novel, The Luminaries is now available at infibeam.com, one of the popular destinations for buying books online. For More Details-
http://www.infibeam.com/Books/luminaries-eleanor-catton/9781847088765.html
About Author
Eleanor Catton was born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand. Her debut novel The Rehearsal was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the Orange Prize. The novel garnered prizes and acclaim around the world, including the 2009 Betty Trask Award. It has since been published in 17 territories and 12 languages. Eleanor Catton holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she also held an adjunct professorship, and an MA in fiction writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has now become the youngest writer to win the Man Booker's Prize with her second novel 'The Luminaries'.
Eleanor Catton, a 28 year old writer from New Zealand won the Man Booker's prize for this year for her second novel, 'The Luminaries'. This makes her the youngest writer ever to have won this title but that's not it she is also the last winner of the title that takes only Commonwealth Countries and Ireland into consideration. From the following year this prize will be open for all writers across the world.
The Man Booker prize cheque of £50,000 was awarded to Ms. Catton by Emmanuel Roman, Chief Executive of Man while the trophy was awarded by The Duchess of Cornwall.
While announcing the winner of this prestigious title, Robert Macfarlane, Chair of the panel of Judges for the prize mentioned that for this book that, “ the book as intricately structured as an orrery. Each section is half the length of its predecessor, right down to the final, astonishing pages,”
About The Book
The story for 'The Luminaries' is based in the late 19th century during the Gold Rush period in New Zealand. Walter Moody, the central character of the novel comes to the gold fields of NZ in the hope for making a fortune in 1866. On his arrival, he is stumbled on to a gathering of few people who were discreetly discussing about a series of unsolved crimes. Moody gets drawn into the mystery that involves stories such as the wealthy man who has vanished, a whore who tried to commit suicide and a huge fortune discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. The novel is mysterious in nature and registers the historical period of mid 19th century- a world of shipping and banking and the gold rush boom.
The author commented about her novel post prize winning event that “With The Luminaries I had a question that I wanted to ask, and the question led me in my research from book to book, and in my writing from scene to scene, and I still do not feel that I have answered the question in a definitive sense, but the book is the answer to that question.” The question, she said, “has to do with self-knowledge, and the degree to which the knowledge of your own destiny corrupts a person. A lot of the characters in the book are engaged with their own past.”
This latest Man Booker's Prize winning novel, The Luminaries is now available at infibeam.com, one of the popular destinations for buying books online. For More Details-
http://www.infibeam.com/Books/luminaries-eleanor-catton/9781847088765.html
About Author
Eleanor Catton was born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand. Her debut novel The Rehearsal was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the Orange Prize. The novel garnered prizes and acclaim around the world, including the 2009 Betty Trask Award. It has since been published in 17 territories and 12 languages. Eleanor Catton holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she also held an adjunct professorship, and an MA in fiction writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has now become the youngest writer to win the Man Booker's Prize with her second novel 'The Luminaries'.
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