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National Book Awards great reading list

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Article
https://cdapress.com/news/2021/oct/12/sholeh-national-book-awards-great-reading-list/
Journal
Coeur d'Alene Press
Issued Date
October 12, 2021
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
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Book
Winter in Sokcho
Writer
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Translator
Aneesa Abbas Higgins

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  • Elisa Shua Dusapin
  • Birth : 1992 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
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  • Korean Name : Elisa Shua Dusapin
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Readers, take note: The finalists for this year's National Book Awards were announced last week. Of 1,892 books submitted by publishers in five categories, the National Book Foundation selected 25. This NBA makes an interesting reading list, whether your tastes run to novels or nonfiction. Pulitzer-winner Anthony Doerr, who spoke at the Idaho Humanities Council lecture some years ago, tops the fiction category with “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” an epic about a long-lost book from ancient Greece. Lauren Groff’s “Matrix” is a bit like Hilary Mantel’s work and tells the story of an orphan cast out of the royal court who ends up in charge of an abbey. In fiction there’s also Laird Hunt’s “Zorrie” (a personal look at an aging farmer), Robert Jones, Jr.’s “The Prophets” (a forbidden relationship between slaves), and Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book” - described as funny and heart-wrenching, with a hell of a title.

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