Indian origin writer in London Chetna Maru first novel of ‘Western Lane’ Has been included in the final list for the 2023 Booker Prize. The context of Kenya-born Chetna Maru’s novel is linked to the British Gujarati environment and booker prize The jury praised the novel’s use of the game of squash as a metaphor to express complex human emotions. The story of the novel is woven around an 11-year-old girl named Gopi and her relationship with her family.
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AC Edugyne announces finalists for awards
Canadian novelist and member of the jury for the Booker Prize 2023, AC Edugyan, announced the names of the finalists for the award here on Thursday. Edugyan said, Chetna Maru has expressed the anguish of a family surrounded by grief through very clear and transparent language, just like a ‘ball hits a crystal clear sound’. It’s amazing…”
‘Together these works showcase the breadth of what world literature can do, while gesturing at the discomfort of our moment.’
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There is tough competition from these books
When his work was included in the final list, Maru said that it would be appropriate to call it a sports novel. It has also been called a coming-of-age novel, a domestic novel, a novel about grief, a novel about the immigrant experience, she said. Recently a friend asked me if there was something in the book about a detective story, with Gopi trying to find her way, piecing together small gestures, actions and fragments of overheard conversations… There is stiff competition between Sarah Bernstein’s ‘Study for Obedience’, Jonathan Escoffery’s ‘If I Survive You’, Paul Harding’s ‘The Other Eden’, Paul Lynch’s ‘Prophet Song’ and Paul Murray’s ‘The Bee Sting’ . The Booker Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on 26 November. In this, a prize money of 50,000 pounds is given.