The booker announced a short list

The “short list” of the Buker Prize has been announced. It contains six books, one of which on October 15 will be called the best novel of the year in English.

The jury of the Boker chose finalists from 13 books included in the “Long List”. In total, 151 works created by writers of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland and Zimbabwe and published from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 participated in the competition this season.

The 2013 Buker Boker Prize:

• “We Need New Names” , NOVIOOT BULAVIO (Zimbabwe);
• "The Luminaries" , Eleanor Katton (New Zealand);
• “The Harvest” , Jim Crace (Great Britain);
• “The Lowland” , Jump Lahiri (USA);
• "A Tale for the Time Being" , Ruth Offeches (Canada);
• The Testament of Mary , Kolm Toybin (Ireland).

The chairman of the jury, the English writer Robert McFarlein, noted that this year very different books were presented in the short list. Indeed, in the novel of the youngest finalist, 28-year-old Eleanora Katton, 832 pages, in the book of Kolma Toybin-only 104, her place of action-the biblical near the East, the events of the novel Katton occur in New Zealand of the XIX century, Jumpha Lahiri writes about India of the 1960s, Rut Odecy-about modern Tokyo, the oldest participant. Short Last 67-year-old Jim Crace-about England of the XVIII century.

The “Long List” refutes the fears that the modern novel has become boring and predictable, according to a message on the Buker Prize website , and this season it will be especially difficult for the jury to make the final choice.

Last year, the award was awarded to the Englishwoman Hilary Manteel. She received her second booker for the historical novel “ Bend the Bodies”.