Awards: Orange Prize
Home by Marilynne Robinson was the judges' unanimous choice for this year's £30,000 (US$48,893) Orange Prize for best novel written by a woman, which was announced yesterday in a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall, the Guardian reported.
"All of the judges brought a couple of books to the table which they thought were definitely the contenders and Home was in all of our choices. We were in agreement," said Fi Glover, chair of the judging panel. She added that the book "does that wonderful thing of describing life that you almost knew about but never managed to put your finger on."
Robinson easily bested a shortlist that included Samantha Hunt's The Invention of Everything Else, Samantha Harvey's The Wilderness, Deirdre Madden's Molly Fox's Birthday, Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows and Ellen Feldman's Scottsboro.
Francesca Kay won the Orange Award for New Writers for her novel An Equal Stillness.
