30.05.12 The winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction has been announced!
This year's winner is The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller, a debut novel from Bloomsbury Books.
Launched in 1996, the Orange Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a 'Bessie'.
Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 - shortlist
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 12/04/2012 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite... Read more
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State of Wonder (Paperback)
by Ann Patchett
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 26/04/2012 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of... Read more
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Painter of Silence (Hardback)
| Format: | Hardback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 01/03/2012 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 When she leaves the ward she feels the whiteness of the room still inside her, as if she is... Read more
The Forgotten Waltz (Paperback)
by Anne Enright
| Format: | Paperback 240 pages |
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| Published: | 29/03/2012 |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
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Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her... Read more
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Foreign Bodies (Paperback)
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| Published: | 01/04/2012 |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
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The collapse of her brief marriage has stalled Bea Nightingale's life, leaving her middle-aged and alone, teaching in an impoverished borough of... Read more
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Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by Esi Edugyan
| Format: | Paperback 256 pages |
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| Published: | 02/02/2012 |
| Publisher: | Serpent's Tail |
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From Weimar Berlin to the fall of Paris, and on to the present day, danger, jealousy and inspiration combine to tempt a man to a secret betrayal.... Read more
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