Senarai Panjang Hadiah Booker 2010

[Najibah, Penterjemah yang mencintai kata-kata]

The Booker longlist:

1.Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey

2.Room
Emma Donoghue

3.The Betrayal
Helen Dunmore

4.In a Strange Room
Damon Galgut

5.The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson

6.The Long Song
Andrea Levy

7.C
Tom McCarthy

8.The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
David Mitchell

9.February
Lisa Moore

10.Skippy Dies
Paul Murray

11.Trespass
Rose Tremain

12.The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

13.The Stars in the Bright SkyAlan Warner

[Khairul Hezry, I hate people but not you. You, I like.]

Hanya cam buku De Zoet yg saya masih terhegeh-hegeh nak baca. Bahagian pertamanya best, bahagian kedua ni ada slow sikit....rasanya bahagian akhir, laju balik kut.

[Kataklicik]

And WHY am I not surprised that you're struggling with the de Zoet book? :D

(Memang gua ada agenda anti ManBooker Prize ni la....!)

[Khairul Hezry, I hate people but not you. You, I like.]

:p

Actually, katak, the 'De Zoet' book is quite readable. If I or you want to renew our faith with the Booker Prize, they must first make this book its prize winner. It's just the second part (out of three total) that seems a bit slow after the neck breaking speed of the first part with the introduction of De Zoet.

The 2nd part is all about the Japanese girl De Zoet is infatuated with. She's trying to escape the rape-camp she's trapped in. Just get on with it! They're going to rape you and you're having conversations with a cat??? Move it or lose it, woman!

[Nazmi, Editor Sastera Berita Harian (BH), cerpenis dan novelis]

cuba baca in strange room. tapi belum dapat rentak lagi. terutama galgut mcm tak kisah sangat pd point of view dlm naratif ni.

[Najibah, Penterjemah yang mencintai kata-kata]

@Nazmi, rebiu di Barat puji pula 'kepeningan' sudut pandang Galgut tu :D (kalau tak salah dalam Guardian Book Blog)

[Nazmi, Editor Sastera Berita Harian (BH), cerpenis dan novelis]

Najibah wrote: "@Nazmi, rebiu di Barat puji pula 'kepeningan' sudut pandang Galgut tu :D (kalau tak salah dalam Guardian Book Blog)"

ya.. mmg guardian book blog ada sebut pasal "kepeningan" tu. tengah guna POV he, tiba2 ada pulak I kat tengah2.. aduh duh duh.. tapi azam nak habiskan buku tu minggu ni, baru beralih kpd calon kedua

[Yati]

Khairul H. wrote: "Actually, katak, the 'De Zoet' book is quite readable. If I or you want to renew our faith with the Booker Prize, they must first make this book its prize winner. "

I've read all of Mitchell's books and liked them, and all except one were longlisted, and he's never won, so I don't really expect he will this time. :P

Tak baca lagi buku2 lain -- most of the authors aren't even familiar.