June 9th, 2011 / 12:33 am
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Téa Obreht has won the Orange Prize for her debut novel The Tiger’s Wife. She is the youngest winner etc. etc. The other writers on the shortlist were Emma Donoghue,  Aminatta Forna, Emma Henderson, Nicole Krauss and Kathleen Winter.

10 Comments

  1. June 9th, 2011 / 7:36 am Your Guest—

      Wow. I thought women writers were supposed to be grossly neglected and marginalized. I guess not. 

  2. June 9th, 2011 / 8:23 am postitbreakup—

      The Orange Prize… is a prize for women

  3. June 9th, 2011 / 1:42 pm xxy—

      this is the first good thing i’ve heard about this book.

  4. June 9th, 2011 / 1:56 pm douglas riggs—

      In a stunning turn of events a woman has won the Orange Prize despite possession of ovaries, marginalization. It is the first time a woman has won the prize, an award given solely to women, in 13 years.

  5. June 9th, 2011 / 2:05 pm Don—

      I loved The Tiger’s Wife.

  6. June 9th, 2011 / 3:05 pm Don—

      Really?  You must not be listening.  Check out the review in the NYRB.

  7. June 9th, 2011 / 4:26 pm Gus—

      tigers wife is GOOD, my favorite book of the last two years probably.  GET IT GET IT TINY GURL.

  8. June 9th, 2011 / 4:29 pm xxy—

      just read it. reviews reads like a solid thumbs up.

      caveat: everyone i personally know who’s read it said it reads very flat.

      i guess i’ll check it out if i get the time.

  9. June 9th, 2011 / 4:42 pm Don—

      Reads flat?  Not at all.  It’s probably my favorite book of the year, next to THE ABSENT SEA by Carlos Franz.

      Her stories in the NYer have also been awesome.

  10. June 9th, 2011 / 5:04 pm Gus—

      now i’m gonna read the absent sea, thanks