Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist: Read Faber’s first chapters
Three Faber authors have been longlisted for this year’s prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction – Barbara Kingsolver, Lorrie Moore and Maria McCann. You can read the first chapters from all three longlisted novels here on Bookhugger.
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
The first novel in ten years from the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible is a heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America.
The Lacuna is the story of a man’s search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost.
Read the first chapter here.
A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore
In her dazzling new novel – her first in over a decade – Lorrie Moore turns her eye on the anxiety and disconnection of post-9/11 America.
Read the first chapter here.
The Wilding, by Maria McCann
A compelling, accessible and passionate historical novel of family secrets and revenge. It’s 1672, a generation after the turbulent English Civil War, and young cider-maker Jonathan Dymond’s quiet world is shattered by the death of his uncle. He discovers secrets which have lain dormant since the war and his investigations unleash obsessions and madness that threaten the lives and happiness of Jonathan and all those he holds dear.
Read the opening chapter here.
For more on the longlist click here. The shortlist will be announced on 20th April.
