"Barnes undertook a rare acting role as the voice of Georges Simenon in a BBC Radio 4 series of adaptations of Inspector Maigret stories. Barnes' eleventh novel, ""The Sense of an Ending"", published by Jonathan Cape, was released on 4 August 2011. In October of that year, the book was awarded the Man Booker Prize. The judges took 31 minutes to decide the winner and head judge, Stella Rimington, said ""The Sense of an Ending"" was a ""beautifully written book"" and the panel thought it ""spoke to humankind in the 21st Century."" ""The Sense of an Ending"" also won the"
"ever read."" On 18 October 2011, ""The Sense of an Ending"" was awarded the Man Booker Prize. Head judge, Stella Rimington described the novel as ""exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading"". She added ""We thought it was a book that spoke to the humankind in the 21st Century."" On 15 November 2011, it was announced ""The Sense of an Ending"" had been nominated in the Best Novel category at the 2011 Costa Book Awards, though the book lost out to Andrew Miller's novel, ""Pure"". A film adaptation of the same name made its world premiere"
"offputting...where's the heart?"" In September 2011, ""The Sense of an Ending"" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Barnes had been shortlisted for the prize on three previous occasions for ""Flaubert's Parrot"" (1984), ""England, England"" (1998) and ""Arthur & George"" (2005). On choosing ""The Sense of an Ending"" for the shortlist, judge Gaby Wood said ""It seems to be the most obvious book on this list. It's a quiet book, but the shock that comes doesn't break stride with the tone of the rest of the book. In purely technical terms it is one of the most masterful things I've"
"Salvage the Bones Salvage the Bones is a 2011 novel by Jesmyn Ward and was the 2011 recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel explores the plight of a working-class African-American family in Mississippi as they prepare for Hurricane Katrina and follows them through the aftermath of the storm. Ward, who had lived through Katrina, wrote the novel, after being very ""dissatisifed with the way Katrina had receded from public consciousness"". In an interview with the ""Paris Review"", Ward said she drew inspiration from ""Medea"" and the works of William Faulkner. As a winner of the National"
"2011. The novel was on the YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012 list as well as landing on the Reader's Choice Booklist for Sci-Fi/Fantasy. It also won the 2012 Audie Award for Best Fantasy Audiobook. ""Daughter of Smoke and Bone"" was placed on ""Best Books of 2011"" lists for ""Publishers Weekly"", ""School Library Journal"", ""Kirkus Reviews"" (Best Teen Books), and the Los Angeles Public Library, as well as a Best of the Best award from the Chicago Public Library for 2012. The book was a finalist for both the Andre Norton Award and the Children's Choice Book"
"and out-of-touch ruling class – it's very much a book for our time."" The 2011 awards were subject to some attention from bookmakers, who offered odds of 2/1 for favourite Matthew Hollis' biography ""Now All Roads Lead To France"" and odds of 3/1 for Miller's ""Pure"". Pure (Miller novel) Pure is a 2011 novel by English author Andrew Miller. The book is the sixth novel by Miller and was released on 9 June 2011 in the United Kingdom through Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. The novel is set in pre-revolutionary France and the upcoming turmoil is a consistent"
"""Strange Horizons"" noted that the novel is ""perhaps more than anything else a story about identity, about the tension between who you say you are and who they say you are."" The Courier's New Bicycle The Courier's New Bicycle (2011) is a novel by Australian author Kim Westwood. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Crime Novel, and won the 2011 Aurealis Award and the 2012 Ditmar Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in a Melbourne of the future, when the rate of human reproductive success has dropped markedly as a result of"
"The Courier's New Bicycle The Courier's New Bicycle (2011) is a novel by Australian author Kim Westwood. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Crime Novel, and won the 2011 Aurealis Award and the 2012 Ditmar Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in a Melbourne of the future, when the rate of human reproductive success has dropped markedly as a result of reactions to a hastily developed and widely distributed flu vaccine. A thriving black market in fertility treatments has arisen, facilitated by Salisbury Forth, the courier of the title. Niall Harrison on"
"previous novel, ""Zoo City"", a hardboiled thriller about crime, magic, the music industry, refugees and redemption set in a re-imagined Johannesburg won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2010 Kitschies Red Tentacle for best novel. It was short-listed for the 2010 BSFA Award for best novel, the 2011 World Fantasy award for best novel, the 2010–2011 University of Johannesburg Creative Writing Prize, the M-Net Literary Awards, the Nielsen's Booksellers' Choice Award 2011 and long-listed for South Africa's Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2011 and the 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The cover artwork received the 2010 BSFA award for"
"United Kingdom and poverty. As well as investigating the murder with his best friend, Dean, Harri shares with the reader his thoughts, impressions and experiences of growing up in an environment beset with pressures and threats. The novel explores his attempts to remain good despite the corrupting forces around him. It was first published in March 2011 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. The novel was critically acclaimed on publication and was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. It went on to be shortlisted for ten awards, including the Guardian First Book Award, Desmond Elliott Prize, and Galaxy National"
"bestseller. In 2011, the novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the oldest literary prize in the United Kingdom. In addition it was a Finalist for the ""Los Angeles Times"" Book Prize and named a NYT Notable Book. It has been optioned to become a feature film. Her second novel, ""The Forgetting Tree"" (2012) was a New York Times Notable Book and NYT Editors' Choice. The book centers around a California ranching woman who runs her family's citrus farm and the Caribbean-born caretaker she hires to take help her through an illness. Jane Smiley, in the New York Times,"
"as the opening film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California on 5 January 2017. The limited US release began on 10 March 2017. It was directed by Ritesh Batra from a screenplay adaptation by Nick Payne with a cast including Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, and Harriet Walter. The Sense of an Ending The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh) and was"
"for the first time. Among the first titles in the new wave of release was Lauren Beukes’ ""Zoo City"", which went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction book of the year in April 2011. The novel was also nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award (it came second, but its cover art – by Joey HiFi - won a separate BSFA Award) and a World Fantasy Award. Also notable was a reprint of K. W. Jeter’s pair of seminal steampunk novels, ""Morlock Night"" and ""Infernal Devices"". The imprint makes great capital out of"
"The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by American writer Kevin J. Anderson. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Tor Books in May 2011. The first British edition was published in trade paperback and ebook by Robinson in February 2012 under the alternate title ""The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF"". The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for best novella, novelette and short story for the year 2010, profiles of 2010 Grand Master winner Joe Haldeman and"
"The Unselfish Gene The Unselfish Gene is a science fiction novel by Robert Douglas Burns, published in 2008 by Swimming Kangaroo Books. In the mid-21st century, a form of bird flu has killed billions and turned most of the rest into mindless, stumbling zombie-like invalids. The few humans who had immunity now face the threat of a comet on a collision course with Earth. Settlers from the Moon colony were spared the disease, but face their own threats to survival: radiation-induced mental illness, a limited gene pool and shrinking resources. The Moon settlers have launched a last-ditch mission to Earth"
"The Unselfish Gene The Unselfish Gene is a science fiction novel by Robert Douglas Burns, published in 2008 by Swimming Kangaroo Books. In the mid-21st century, a form of bird flu has killed billions and turned most of the rest into mindless, stumbling zombie-like invalids. The few humans who had immunity now face the threat of a comet on a collision course with Earth. Settlers from the Moon colony were spared the disease, but face their own threats to survival: radiation-induced mental illness, a limited gene pool and shrinking resources. The Moon settlers have launched a last-ditch mission to Earth"
"Daybreak Zero Daybreak Zero is the title of a science fiction novel by John Barnes. It is the second of three books comprising the Daybreak series. In the near future, a variety of groups with diverse aims, but an overlapping desire to end modern technological society (the ""Big System"") create a nanotech plague (""Daybreak"") which both destroys rubber and plastics and eats away any metal conductors carrying electricity. An open question in the book is whether these groups, and their shared motivation, are coordinated by some conscious actor, or whether they are an emergent property / meme that attained a"
"Zoo City Zoo City is a 2010 science fiction novel by South African author Lauren Beukes. It won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 2010 Kitschies Red Tentacle for best novel. The cover of the British edition of the book was awarded the 2010 BSFA Award for best artwork, and the book itself was shortlisted in the best novel category of the award. ""Zoo City"" is set in an alternate version of the South African city of Johannesburg, in which people who have committed a crime are magically attached to an animal familiar – those who receive such"
"She opined that Barnes' reputation would be enhanced by the novel and added, ""Do not be misled by its brevity. Its mystery is as deeply embedded as the most archaic of memories."" ""Entertainment Weekly's"" Stephen Lee gave ""The Sense of an Ending"" a B+ and said ""Barnes' latest—a meditation on memory and aging—occasionally feels more like a series of wise, underline-worthy insights than a novel. But the many truths he highlights make it worthy of a careful read."" Robert McCrum writing for ""The Observer"" thought the novel would win the Man Booker Prize because it is ""a work of art,"
"to complete. To research ""Zoo City"", Beukes – who was born in Johannesburg but currently lives in Cape Town – hired a fixer to help her meet contacts in Hillbrow, the inner city suburb of Johannesburg in which much of the book is set, and spent days walking around the area. ""Zoo City"" was awarded the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award on 28 April 2011. This award is given to the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year, and is considered the most prestigious British science fiction award. Beukes wore a fake sloth"
"the novel, the Marines build the base, but later they are ordered to abandon it. The latter portions of the novel detail the struggles of Bravo Company to retake the base, which fell into enemy hands after it was abandoned. ""Matterhorn"" received high praise from many critics. In ""The New York Times"" Sebastian Junger called it one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam—or any war. ""Matterhorn"" was Amazon's ""Book of the Month"" for March 2010, and debuted on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list in April 2010. It won the 2011 William E."
"Number 11 (novel) Number 11 is a novel by British writer Jonathan Coe, published in 2015. The book explores the changing social, economical and cultural landscape of the United Kingdom in the early 21st century. It is connected to Coe's previous novel ""What a Carve Up!"", through shared themes and references to characters and events from the latter. The book comprises five parts with interconnected plot lines and multiple points of view. ""The Black Tower"" takes place in rural Yorkshire in 2003, soon after the invasion of Iraq and the death of David Kelly. It follows the beginning of the"
"can be put in the service of a relentless campaign of individual sexual harassment. Burns draws on the experience of Northern Ireland during the Troubles to portray a world that allows individuals to abuse the power granted by a community to those who resist the state on their behalf. Yet this is never a novel about just one place or time. The local is in service to an exploration of the universal experience of societies in crisis.’ Milkman (novel) Milkman is a novel written by Anna Burns. It won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the first time a"
"to life's nitty-gritties anchors the magic; we are more inclined to suspend disbelief at the moments that verge on the paranormal because she has turned ""Swamplandia!"" into a credible world."" The ""Times"" named ""Swamplandia!"" one of the ten best books of 2011. The book was also named to the longlist for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, an annual book award in the United Kingdom for female writers It was one of three finalists for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, though no prize was ultimately awarded. It was one of three nominees for the inaugural Andrew Carnegie Medal for"
"in the UK, including the 2008 Guardian award, the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and the Costa Children's Book Award. ""Monsters of Men"" won the Carnegie Medal in 2011. The series has been praised for its handling of themes such as gender politics, redemption, the meaning of war, and the unclear distinction between good and evil, all threaded through its complex, fast-paced narrative. The first novel is narrated entirely by Todd, the second is told through the viewpoints of both Todd and Viola and the third book is narrated by Todd, Viola and The Return. Ness claims that the idea for"
"The Throne of Fire The Throne of Fire is a 2011 fantasy adventure novel written by American author Rick Riordan. It is the second novel in ""The Kane Chronicles"" series, which tells of the adventures of modern-day fourteen-year-old Carter Kane and his twelve-year-old sister - Sadie Kane, as they discover that they are descended from the ancient Egyptian pharaohs Narmer and Ramesses the Great. It was released on May 3, 2011. The book takes place roughly three months after the first book, ""The Red Pyramid"". It is followed by the third and final book in the series, ""The Serpent's Shadow"","
"interviews leading up to the release of this novel, Mitchell described this shared universe as an ""uber-novel"". The Bone Clocks The Bone Clocks is a novel by British writer David Mitchell. It was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2014, and called one of the best novels of 2014 by Stephen King. The novel won the 2015 World Fantasy Award. The novel is divided into six sections with five point-of-view first-person narrators. They are loosely connected by the character of Holly Sykes, a young woman from Gravesend who is gifted with an ""invisible eye"" and semi-psychic abilities, and a war"
"to ten adult books that are appealing to young adults, and the 2011 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. In August 2011, ""The Magician King"", the sequel to ""The Magicians"", was published, which returns readers to the magical land of Fillory, where Quentin and his friends are now kings and queens. ""The Chicago Tribune"" said ""The Magician King"" was """"The Catcher in the Rye"" for devotees of alternative universes"" and that ""Grossman has created a rare, strange and scintillating novel."" It was an Editor's Choice pick of ""The New York Times"", who called it ""[A] serious, heartfelt novel"
"and that's a good word."" The novel won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was the first comic novel to win the prize since Kingsley Amis's ""The Old Devils"" in 1986. Jacobson was the oldest winner since William Golding who won the prize in 1980, aged 69, for ""Rites of Passage"". In his acceptance speech, Jacobson claimed he was going to spend his £50,000 prize money on a handbag for his wife, asking, ""Have you seen the price of handbags?"" It was shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Prize (2011). The Finkler Question The Finkler Question is a 2010 novel"
"""best elevates the tone of geek culture"". In South Africa, the novel was short-listed for several prizes, including the 2010-2011 University of Johannesburg Creative Writing Prize, the 2011 M-Net Literary Awards and the Nielsen's Booksellers' Choice Award 2011. It was also long-listed for the 2011 ""Sunday Times"" Fiction Prize. and nominated for the 2011 World Fantasy Award for best novel. In November 2011, South African film producer Helena Spring won the film rights to ""Zoo City"". Beukes was slated to write the film's script, while Spring planned to offer the project to a shortlist of directors. Beukes's literary agent said"
"this award. Said the president of the jury, “When we the members of the jury met to vote the winner of the award, there were no surprises. We unanimously acclaimed The Traitor's Emblem. The real surprise came when we broke the sealed envelope that kept the name of the author, and we discovered that such a complex, brilliant and dark story was written by a 30-year-old man.” The Traitor's Emblem The Traitor's Emblem is a 2011 bestselling thriller novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado originally published in Spain. It has become an instant bestseller throughout Europe with more a million copies sold"
"dog, sheep, camel and parrot). One of the central themes of the novel is subjectivism. The novel provides three sequential chronologies of Flaubert's life: the first is optimistic (citing his successes, conquests, etc.), the second is negative (citing the deaths of his friends/lovers, his failures, illnesses etc.) and the third compiles quotations written by Flaubert in his journal at various points in his life. The attempts to find the real Flaubert mirror the attempt to find his parrot, i.e. apparent futility. Flaubert's Parrot Flaubert's Parrot is a novel by Julian Barnes that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984"
"Before She Met Me Before She Met Me is a novel by English writer Julian Barnes, first published in 1982 by Jonathan Cape. It is a black comedy which scrutinizes the awakening of sexual jealousy in a dull and otherwise sensible college lecturer. After fifteen years of marriage to a nagging woman who despises everything about him Graham Hendrick files for divorce and marries Ann, a beautiful former actress and seemingly the woman of his dreams. Initially he believes this to be the start of the good life and congratulates himself daily, hourly but as he learns more about Ann’s"