The 2021 Booker Prize Longlist - Reaction

Описание: The longlist for the #2021BookerPrize is here! I give short summaries of all 13 novels and my overall thoughts about the list. Let me know what you think about this year's award! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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The Booker Prize: https://thebookerprizes.com
Shortlist announced: September 14
Winner announced: November 3

The Booker longlist & purchase links:

A Passage North - Anuk Arudpragasam
https://tidd.ly/3eUNteo

Second Place - Rachel Cusk
https://tidd.ly/3eZM5XY

The Promise - Damon Galgut
https://tidd.ly/3gFUBgg

The Sweetness of Water - Nathan Harris
https://tidd.ly/3xwu2Qp

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
https://tidd.ly/3afijfD

An Island - Karen Jennings
https://tidd.ly/373sKRj

A Town Called Solace - Mary Lawson
https://tidd.ly/3iMuWSW

No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood
https://tidd.ly/3syT0vF

The Fortune Men - Nadifa Mohamed
https://tidd.ly/34qqlPC

Bewilderment - Richard Powers
https://tidd.ly/3xcnKFB

China Room - Sunjeev Sahota
https://tidd.ly/3BL2hX8

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead
https://tidd.ly/3eUYQTI

Light Perpetual - Francis Spufford
https://tidd.ly/373pw0O


My reviews of the books I've read so far:
A Passage North - Anuk Arudpragasam
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/...

The Promise - Damon Galgut
   • The Promise by Damon Galgut / Review  

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
   • Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - (spo...  

No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/...


Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:12 A Passage North
6:07 Second Place
7:23 The Promise
9:06 The Sweetness of Water
10:13 Klara and the Sun
12:08 An Island
13:30 A Town Called Solace
14:28 No One is Talking About This
16:27 The Fortune Men
17:18 Bewilderment
18:23 China Room
19:34 Great Circle
20:43 Light Perpetual

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