She likes to read classic eighteenth or nineteenth-century novels, partly because she enjoys them but also to avoid engaging with the dicey local politics whose consequences can be (and often are) deadly. Winner of the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award ( Milkman). The first-person narrator is an eighteen-year-old girl. Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Nominee ( Milkman) It is a deeply feminist work, a compelling and significant look at how the regular life of a young woman is intimately used for personal and political gain. 38 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Set in an un-named city but with an astonishing. National Book Critics Circle Award 2019 Nominee ( Milkman) Anna Burns’s Milkman, a very deserving candidate for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, is a strange, uncanny tale set in Belfast (although the city is never named) about a young woman trying to avoid. If you were making a film of Anna Burns’s novel Milkman, the winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize, you’d probably start with a shot of a teenage girl walking beside a busy two-lane road. Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize ( Milkman) Shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize ( No Bones) Winner of the 2001 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize

Her first novel, No Bones, is an account of a girl's life growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. She was born in Belfast and moved to London in 1987. Awards: Winner of the 2001 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize Shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize ( No Bones) Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize ( Milkman) National Book Critics Circle Award 2019 Nominee ( Milkman) Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Nominee ( Milkman) Winner of the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award ( Milkman) Anna Burns (born 1962) is an Irish author. Anna Burns (born 1962) is an Irish author.

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