LONDON: British writer Daisy Johnson on Thursday became the youngest author to be shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2018 for her mother-daughter tale, “Everything Under”.
The 27-year-old joins fellow UK authors Anna Burns for “Milkman” and Robin Robertson for “The Long Take” on a six-strong shortlist dominated by British and American authors.
Fellow Americans Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers are shortlisted for “The Mars Room” and “The Overstory”, respectively, with Canadian Esi Edugyan completing the set of this year’s finalists with “Washington Black”.
The shortlist, which features four women and two men, covers a wide range of subjects, from an 11-year-old slave escaping a Barbados sugar plantation to a war veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
“All of our six finalists are miracles of stylistic invention. In each of them, the language takes centre stage. And yet, in every other respect, they are remarkably diverse, exploring a multitude of subjects ranging across space and time,” said philosopher and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah, Chair of the panel of judges for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. (AGENCIES)
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