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1LovingLit
On this thread I aim to keep track of winners, as well as short- and long- listed books.
Mainly, I would like to work my way through the books I own but have not read yet!
My reading log of Booker Prize winners
1969: P. H. Newby, Something to Answer For
1970: Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member
1970: J. G. Farrell, Troubles (awarded in 2010 as the Lost Man Booker Prize)
1971: V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State
1972: John Berger, G.
1973: J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
1974:Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist and Stanley Middleton, Holiday
1975:Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Heat and Dust
1976: David Storey, Saville
1977: Paul Scott, Staying On
1978: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea (On my shelf)
1979:Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore
1980:William Golding, Rites of Passage
1981:Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
1982: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark (On my shelf)
1983: J. M. Coetzee, Life & Times of Michael K (On my shelf)
1984:Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac
1985:Keri Hulme, The Bone People
1986: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils (On my shelf...but looking for a better copy to replace it with)
1987:Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger
1988: Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda (On my shelf)
1989: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (On my shelf)
1990: A. S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance (On my shelf)
1991: Ben Okri, The Famished Road (On my shelf)
1992:Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient... and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
1993: Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (On my shelf)
1994:James Kelman, How late it was, how late
1995:Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
1996: Graham Swift, Last Orders (On my shelf)
1997:Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
1998:Ian McEwan, Amsterdam
1999:J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
2000:Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
2001: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang (On my shelf)
2002:Yann Martel, Life of Pi
2003: DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little (On my shelf)
2004: Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty (On my shelf)
2005:John Banville, The Sea
2006:Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
2007: Anne Enright, The Gathering (On my shelf)
2008:Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
2009: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (On my shelf)
2010: Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (On my shelf)
2011:Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
2012: Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies
2013:Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
2014: Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (On my shelf)
2015: Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
2016:
Mainly, I would like to work my way through the books I own but have not read yet!
My reading log of Booker Prize winners
1969: P. H. Newby, Something to Answer For
1970: Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member
1970: J. G. Farrell, Troubles (awarded in 2010 as the Lost Man Booker Prize)
1971: V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State
1972: John Berger, G.
1973: J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
1974:
1975:
1976: David Storey, Saville
1977: Paul Scott, Staying On
1978: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea (On my shelf)
1979:
1980:
1981:
1982: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark (On my shelf)
1983: J. M. Coetzee, Life & Times of Michael K (On my shelf)
1984:
1985:
1986: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils (On my shelf...but looking for a better copy to replace it with)
1987:
1988: Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda (On my shelf)
1989: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (On my shelf)
1990: A. S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance (On my shelf)
1991: Ben Okri, The Famished Road (On my shelf)
1992:
1993: Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (On my shelf)
1994:
1995:
1996: Graham Swift, Last Orders (On my shelf)
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000:
2001: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang (On my shelf)
2002:
2003: DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little (On my shelf)
2004: Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty (On my shelf)
2005:
2006:
2007: Anne Enright, The Gathering (On my shelf)
2008:
2009: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (On my shelf)
2010: Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (On my shelf)
2011:
2012: Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies
2013:
2014: Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (On my shelf)
2015: Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
2016:
2LovingLit
Amongst Women by John McGahern (184p) Booker Prize shortlist 1990
I started this book last year and left it lying fallow for a few months, then picked it up again seeing as I thought to tidy up a few loose ends in the new year. On the back it says something like- read it in two hours, but it will limger for months. Well, it took me a lot longer than 2 hours to read, but I'll admit the characters are keepers.
Moran is the head of the household in rural Ireland. He is gruff, moody and suspicious of those outside the family. The family consists of himself, and his five children, the eldest of which is now London-based and non communicado. He prefers not to engage with a father he sees as domineering and cruel. The three middle children are young women who put up with their father, feeling that he is the heart of a family that they simply cannot exist without the support of. Youngest is Michael, who gets incrementally less happy when each of his siblings grows up and moves out.
The story is told over a period from when Moran brings a wife into the house, who is able to both put up with and quell the moods of her husband, the moods which so dominate the household. The comings and goings of the children, the hay harvests, the introduction of boyfriends/fiancées, and the increasing conflict arising between the remaining son and his father make up the fabric of the story. It is deep storytelling, in spite of the few pages it is told in. It handles very well the issue of how fine a line abuse can straddle.
I started this book last year and left it lying fallow for a few months, then picked it up again seeing as I thought to tidy up a few loose ends in the new year. On the back it says something like- read it in two hours, but it will limger for months. Well, it took me a lot longer than 2 hours to read, but I'll admit the characters are keepers.
Moran is the head of the household in rural Ireland. He is gruff, moody and suspicious of those outside the family. The family consists of himself, and his five children, the eldest of which is now London-based and non communicado. He prefers not to engage with a father he sees as domineering and cruel. The three middle children are young women who put up with their father, feeling that he is the heart of a family that they simply cannot exist without the support of. Youngest is Michael, who gets incrementally less happy when each of his siblings grows up and moves out.
The story is told over a period from when Moran brings a wife into the house, who is able to both put up with and quell the moods of her husband, the moods which so dominate the household. The comings and goings of the children, the hay harvests, the introduction of boyfriends/fiancées, and the increasing conflict arising between the remaining son and his father make up the fabric of the story. It is deep storytelling, in spite of the few pages it is told in. It handles very well the issue of how fine a line abuse can straddle.
3Simone2
>1 LovingLit: You have some of my all time favourites on your shelves! I envy you that you haven't read The Sea, the Sea, The Remains of the Day, The Line of Beauty and Paddy Clarke, ha ha ha yet!
4LovingLit
>3 Simone2: well, that is good news! And it bodes well for the likelihood that I will read one of those first then. Thanks for the hot tips.
Eta: I think my edition of The Sea, The Sea is maybe a first? It's hard cover and has no mention of Booker nominations on it. It's quite old (obviously), so when i do read it I will have to be careful.
Eta: I think my edition of The Sea, The Sea is maybe a first? It's hard cover and has no mention of Booker nominations on it. It's quite old (obviously), so when i do read it I will have to be careful.
