A | London, Oct 18 (UNI) "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Sri Lankan Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous civil war in the island nation, has won the Booker Prize.
The novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war, BBC and other media reported.
Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the author said it had been "an honour and a privilege" to be on the shortlist.
Karunatilaka said as he accepted his prize: "My hope is that in the not too distant future... Sri Lanka has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work."
The writer said he decided in 2009 to write "a ghost story where the dead could offer their perspective" after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, "when there was a raging debate over how many civilians died and whose fault it was".
"I hope it's in print in 10 years... if it is, I hope it's written in a Sri Lanka that learns from its stories, and that Seven Moons will be in the fantasy section of the bookshop, next to the dragons, the unicorns and will not be mistaken for realism or political satire," the BBC reported
He added that he had "self-censored" a couple of short stories after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in August, having faced years of death threats for his novel "The Satanic Verses", which some Muslims see as blasphemous.
"I was in the process of publishing a collection of short stories when this incident happened, and I discovered a couple which I don't think was offensive to any religion," Karunatilaka said.
"But my wife said, can you not do that? You've got two young kids. This story is not that good. Just leave it out."
He added that "this is something that hangs over all of us if we're writing in South Asia, especially writing about politics or religion", the BBC said.
Head judge Neil MacGregor praised the "scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity" of the novel, calling it an "afterlife noir" which "takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through life and death".
He said the judges' decision had been unanimous, adding all of the shortlisted books were "all really about one question, and that is what's the point of an individual life?"
The prestigious £50,000 prize, for a single work of fiction published in the UK in English, also gives the other five writers on the shortlist £2,500 each.
"The Seven Moons of Maali" is Karunatilaka's second novel, having previously won awards including the Commonwealth Book Prize for his debut book Chinaman, which was called the "second best cricket book of all time" by cricketers' almanac Wisden.
Born in 1975, the writer has also worked as an advertising copywriter, and his songs, scripts and stories have been published in Rolling Stone, GQ and National Geographic.
MacGregor, a former director of London's National Gallery and the British Museum, added that the judges read all 170 books put forward for the prize, then whittled them down to 30. They then re-read those, before deciding on the final six, which they read for a third time, the report said.
The other nominees were: "Glory" by NoViolet Bulawayo, "The Trees" by Percival Everett, "Treacle Walker" by Alan Garner, "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan and "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout.
The Booker-winning novel tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. With no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos of civil war atrocities that will rock Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported.
The judges were unanimous in their decision to award the prize to Karunatilaka, according to the chair.
Receiving his prize, Karunatilaka addressed the people of Sri Lanka in Tamil and Sinhalese. He summarised what he said in English: “I write these books for you… Let’s keep sharing these stories.”
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is published by the independent press Sort of Books. This year is the first time a book by the publisher has been longlisted for the prize.
Karunatilaka has become the second Sri Lankan-born author to win, following Michael Ondaatje, who won in 1992 with "The English Patient".
In his Guardian review, Tomiwa Owolade said the book’s “scenarios are often absurd … but executed with a humour and pathos that ground the reader”. He added: “Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country’s history.”
Karunatilaka, was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, in 1975 and grew up in Colombo.
UNI MR。中新网1月10日电据多家小报报道，劳伦•桑切斯与亚马逊首席执行官杰夫•贝索斯关系暧昧。贝佐斯于2019年1月宣布与妻子麦肯齐离婚。根据第六页，54岁的贝索斯与49岁的桑切斯有过一段恋情。同一天，这位亿万富翁宣布离婚。第二天，一篇长达11页的《国家询问报》文章揭露了贝索斯和桑切斯之间的关系。
B | 国家询问者和第六页都认为贝索斯的离婚声明与婚外情有关。
C | 桑切斯与好莱坞黄金经纪人帕特里克·怀特塞尔结婚，育有三个孩子。《国家询问报》披露了贝佐斯与桑切斯的关系，声称亚马逊的创始人“用6500万美元的私人飞机送他的情妇到异国他乡，送她粗俗的信息和色情自画像，包括一张不适合在这里发表的照片。”长期以来有传言说特朗普总统“讨厌”杰夫贝佐斯。2018年12月，《国家问询报》的出版商承认为特朗普的运营支付了费用。以下是关于桑切斯你需要知道的五个事实：1。贝佐斯和桑切斯通过丈夫怀特赛尔的轰动新闻了解第六页，这是贝佐斯和桑切斯第一次通过丈夫怀特赛尔见面，怀特赛尔是休·杰克曼、本·阿弗莱克和马特·达蒙的经纪人。第六页报告说桑切斯和怀特塞尔在2018年底分居。截至出版日，桑切斯的Instagram页面已设置为私人消息。自2014年以来，她的个人网站一直处于非活动状态。
D | 第六页的文章认为，怀特塞尔和桑切斯的分离是一场“审判”。据报道，他们的婚姻“断断续续”了一段时间。怀特塞尔和桑切斯于2005年结婚，生了两个孩子，埃文和埃莉诺。国家调查机构在报告中说，他们在过去四个月里为这对夫妇拍了多张照片。据《国家询问报》报道，这对夫妇曾在14天内见过6次面，其中包括在波士顿的一家酒店。
E | 那天晚上贝佐斯和家人住在那里。她是一名合格的直升机飞行员和电影摄影师，桑切斯是一名合格的直升机飞行员，经常在电影中驾驶直升机。
F | 好莱坞记者于2017年11月发表了一篇关于桑切斯的特别报道。文章提到桑切斯是克里斯托弗·诺兰（ChristopherNolan）获得奥斯卡奖的电影《敦刻尔克》（Dunkirk）的航空顾问。在她的Instagram专辑中，Sanchez声称自己是BlackOpsAviation生产团队的成员。桑切斯说，该公司是第一家女性拥有的航空公司电影和制作公司。桑切斯对好莱坞记者说：“这架直升机没有物理限制。你可以是5英尺1英尺或6英尺4英尺。没有理由不让更多的女性参与进来。”桑切斯告诉好莱坞记者，她在飞机周围长大，因为她的父亲雷是一名飞行教练和机修工。
G | 桑切斯在文章中提到，她的丈夫不喜欢和她一起乘坐直升机。”一位知情人士告诉《纽约邮报》，帕特里克和劳伦认识贝索斯及其妻子多年，因为他们都在西雅图有房子。
H | 劳伦受雇于一个贝索斯项目，与私人火箭公司蓝源担任直升机飞行员。她一直在空中拍摄贝索斯。”桑切斯在他的好莱坞记者项目中总结道：“我想一直坐在直升机上。你的生活中可能有很多事情让你觉得吵闹。但是一旦你起飞，你就可以进入一个没有其他人进入的能量空间。这里很安静，当我到达那里时，我感到很满意。我想，“那是我想去的地方。桑切斯偶尔涉足电视节目。尽管桑切斯以直升机活动而闻名，但他偶尔也参加一些活动，尤其是在福克斯洛杉矶。桑切斯毕业于加州埃尔卡米诺学院和南加州大学。
I | 他是福克斯11的娱乐记者，后来主持了该频道的早间节目《早安洛杉矶》。
J | 根据她的IMDB页面，桑切斯还主持了几场福克斯电视节目，包括“认为你能跳舞”、“额外的”和“最好的”体育节目。
K | 桑切斯在阿尔伯克基长大。她是墨西哥裔美国人的第三代。她开始在洛杉矶13频道实习。2014年，据报道，Sanchez准备在2014年主持View TMZ。
L | 据报道，桑切斯作为客人的出色表现可能会成为这一景观的永久主人之一。2000年，桑切斯在全国大赛中角逐该节目的主持人，但输给了莉莎·玲。桑切斯说，芭芭拉沃尔特斯亲自打电话告诉她，她没有被选中。桑切斯和前NFL球员托尼·冈萨雷斯有一个孩子。2001年，31岁的尼科生下了她的第一个孩子，尼克。桑切斯出生于NFL球员冈萨雷斯。2014年，据报道，桑切斯10月与冈萨雷斯的妻子争夺了“景观”的主办权。TMZ报道说，该节目正在寻找两位新的主持人，一位拉丁裔和一位保守派。
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