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Longlist for 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize announced

Twelve novels from Japan, Iran, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea and Bangledesh have today been announced as the longlist for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.

Chair Razia Iqbal has said the longlist includes "the epic as well as the quotidian, the established writers as well as some on the cusp of greater success". You can Razia Iqbal's full comments here.

The Man Asian literary prize will be awarded on 15 March 2012 in Hong Kong.

The 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize Longlist

Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan) - The Wandering Falcon

Tahmima Anam (Bangladesh) - The Good Muslim

Jahnavi Barua (India) - Rebirth

Rahul Bhattacharya (India) - The Sly Company of People Who Care

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Iran) - The Colonel

Amitav Ghosh (India) - River of Smoke

Haruki Murakami (Japan) - 1Q84

Anuradha Roy (India) - The Folded Earth

Kyung-Sook Shin (South Korea) - Please Look After Mom

Tarun J Tejpal (India) - The Valley of Masks

Yan Lianke (China) - Dream of Ding Village

Banana Yoshimoto (Japan) - The Lake

You can watch Chair Razia Ipbal announce the longlist here

Julian Barnes wins the 2011 Man Booker Prize

Julian Barnes has been named this year’s Man Booker Prize winner for his novel The Sense of an Ending.
While the Man Booker is a notoriously difficult prize to predict, Julian Barnes had been the bookies' favourite since the shortlist announcement on September 6.

Before last night’s triumph in London, The Man Booker Prize had alluded Julian Barnes three times with previously shortlisted novels Arthur and George (2005), England, England (1998) and Flaubert’s Parrot (1984).

Dame Stella Rimington, Chair of the 2011 judges and former MI5 director general said:
‘‘Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending has the markings of a classic of English Literature. It is exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading.”

About the book
The Sense of an Ending

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove.

Published by Jonathan Cape

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Next Man Book Club

Get reading! The next Man Book Club will be Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side.

Playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry has been long listed for the Man Booker Prize 2011. Why not read On Canaan's Side and find out why? Starting next week you will find further info on the Book Club pages, plus comments left by other readers. Feel free to join the discussion!

Judges Announced For The 2011 Man Booker Prize For Fiction

StellaRimingtoncrop The full judging panel for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced. The judges are Matthew d'Ancona, writer and journalist; Susan Hill, author; Chris Mullin, author and politician and Gaby Wood, Head of Books at the Daily Telegraph. The judges will be chaired by author and former Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington (pictured).