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What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature?
With Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest priz…
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Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and …
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‘It’s the best way to live!’: International Booker winners Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell
The Indian novelist and her translator scooped the £50,000 prize with Tomb of Sand, a novel about death – but …