Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the only British writer shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Booker prize.
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Harvey’s tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station was “unanimously” chosen from a shortlist of six novels according to the artist and author Edmund de Waal, who chaired the panel of judges.
The book, which follows its characters over the course of a day as they experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets, is a “finely crafted meditation on the Earth, beauty and human aspiration,” wrote Alexandra Harris in her Guardian review.
Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize ► https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/orbital-by-samantha-harvey-wins-booker-prize-2024
‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner ► https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/choosing-booker-winner-samantha-harvey-orbital
Orbital by Samantha Harvey – an extraordinary tale of our place in the cosmos ► https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/orbital-by-samantha-harvey-wins-booker-prize-2024
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Well deserved.
I've only just finished reading it, it's the most beautiful thing I've read in a while.
Congratulations 😊