The five writers on the 2015 shortlist are a step closer to winning the $50,000 awarded to the author of the best novel about South Asia published or translated into English.
Bestselling Afghan-born author Khaled Hosseini, whose latest novel “And the Mountains Echoed” had been long-listed along with nine others, did not make the cut.
Jhumpa Lahiri, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000, is the best known author on the DSC shortlist with her entry “The Lowland”, a tale of Indian brothers bound by tragedy. The novel was also shortlisted for the Man Booker prize last year.
Also in the running are Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie and London-based Romesh Gunesekera, who was a finalist for the Booker prize two decades ago.
Rounding out the list are first-time novelist Bilal Tanweer from Pakistan and India’s Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, who is nominated for his novel which he translated from Urdu.
Keki Daruwalla, the chair of judges, described the selections as “moving, challenging, and thought-provoking.”
(Reuters)
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