I was very happy to see that Guzel Yakhina won the 2015 Big Book Award for Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes. My second-place pick, Valery Zalotukha's The Candle, won second prize, and Roman Senchin's Flood Zone came in third.
Reader's choice awards went to Yakhina followed by Anna Matveeva's Nine from the Nineties and Zalotukha's The Candle.
That's it from New York City, where there are still lots of great Russian Literature Week events on the calendar for tonight and tomorrow. The schedule's still here!
Disclaimers: I'm a member of the Big Book's jury and have translated excerpts from Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Big Book Goes to Guzel Yakhina
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This makes me even more excited to read Зулейха открывает глаза! (But I'll have to improve my Russian first.)
ReplyDeleteIt's a very good book! (And of course it's rare that one book wins two major awards in one award season. Laurus won these same to awards, too!)
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