LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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The Luminaries
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Wolf Hall
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The White Tiger
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The Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 2013 Booker Prize was won by Eleanor Catton for her novel The Luminaries. The youngest winner at 28 crafts the longest winning book. Her novel is an intricate 832-page Victorian – in both timeframe and scale – epic.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Luminaries won the 2013 Booker Prize. It was the longest book (832 pages) and Catton the youngest author (28) ever to win the Booker. Robert Macfarlane, chair of the Booker judges, said of the book, “It’s a dazzling work. It’s a luminous work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Q2. Who are the Booker Prize winners from India? Booker Prize Winners from India include V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Rohinton Mistry, Kiran Desai, Indra Sinha, Arvind Adiga, Amitav Ghosh, and Jeet Thayil.