The booker announced a short list

Today, September 9, a short list of 2014 Buker Prize has been published in it three British writers, the Australian and two representatives of the United States.

This season, American authors claim the main literary prize of the English -speaking world for the first time in its history, BBC reports.

Compared to the long list , which was declared in the summer, the list of applicants for the booker decreased more than half.

The 2014 Bucerian Boker Boker.

• Joshua Ferris (USA) - “To Rise Again At a Decent Hour”;
• Richard Flanagan (Australia) - “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”;
• Karen Joy Fowler (USA) - “We are all comletly beside ursels”;
• Howard Jacobson (Great Britain) - "j";
• Neil Macherji (Great Britain) - “The Lives of Others”;
• Ali Smith (Great Britain) - “How to Be Both”.

The laureate of the Buker Prize will be announced on October 14. The winner will receive a cash prize of 50,000 pounds, finalists - 2500 pounds each.