‘Our deliberations were
hardly easy, since our shortlist was such a strong one. But I’m very
pleased to say that we decided on the great Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk as
our winner: Tokarczuk is a writer of wonderful wit, imagination and
literary panache. In Flights, brilliantly translated by
Jennifer Croft, by a series of startling juxtapositions she flies us
through a galaxy of departures and arrivals, stories and digressions, all
the while exploring matters close to the contemporary and human predicament
– where only plastic escapes mortality.’
Lisa Appignanesi OBE, chair of judges
It
was selected from 108 submissions by a panel of five judges, chaired by
Lisa Appignanesi OBE, author and cultural commentator, and consisting of:
Michael Hofmann, poet, reviewer and translator from German; Hari Kunzru,
author of five novels including The Impressionist and White
Tears; Tim Martin, journalist and literary critic, and Helen
Oyeyemi, author of novels, plays and short stories includingThe
Icarus Girl.
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