Pulitzer Prizes announced

[kennyc]

100th Annual Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced And The Fiction Winner Is Big Suprise

It's a massive day in arts and journalism because the 100th annual Pulitzer Prize winners were just announced, and there's a big surprise. 2015's best artistic and nonfiction writing across 21 categories were recognized during a ceremony Monday afternoon at Columbia University in New York City. The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Hebert Bayward Swope, a reporter for The New York World, in 1916. (And if you're as big a fan of Newsies as I am, that paper should ring a bell, but try to think of it more positively.)

The major prize for book nerds, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press), a legitimate surprise, if you've been paying attention to the book nerd and industry buzz. The feeling around the prize in the last few months would have you putting all your hard-earned cash down on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara to take home the award, but that's why you should never gamble. Viet Thanh Nguyen is no less deserving, and moreover, it's his debut novel, which makes it such a wonderful win.

The Sympathizer centers on a man struggling between two opposing minds. Set in 1975 Saigon, the novel follows a South Vietnam army captain who struggles to reconcile his political beliefs with his personal relationships.
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http://www.bustle.com/articles/15532...is-big-suprise

[Dr. Drib]

Thanks for the post.

I had overlooked this.

[Dr. Drib]

The Fiction prize for Best Novel, "The Sympathizer," by Viet Thanh Nguyen is only $5.24 from Amazon.

That's a great bargain, by the way.

Look at this [quoted from Amazon]:

A National Bestseller
Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Winner of the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner of the 2015-2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Adult Fiction)
Finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award
Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
Finalist for the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller)
Finalist for the 2016 ABA Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Book of the Year, Adult Fiction)
Finalist for the 2016 California Book Award for First Fiction
One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2015
A Best Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star, Orlando Weekly, Daily Beast, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Guardian, National Post, MPR News, Amazon, Slate, Flavorwire, Entropy, Quartz, and Globe and Mail


I'm going to buy it right now, although I'll have to put aside my reading of "Zombie Toenails on the Loose."

[kennyc]

....and I had not realized Kelly Link was nominated. Her work is incredible - The book nominated includes "The Summer People" which is amazing. "Stone Animals" is another of my favorites.