She may have been abused by her brother she is probably friendless. She thinks closely about her need to be obedient, her desire to be meek, a servant of people. What's the story? A woman goes to live with her brother, a successful businessman, in an unnamed country, where she meditates at length as she walks or does chores. In brief: A woman goes to live with her brother in a country which once persecuted her people. Here's what I thought of each of the books (and what the official Booker judges had to say about them). Listen: The Detail interviews Jeremy Rees on the Booker contenders. One gardening weekend, I listened to Sarah Bernstein read her Study for Obedience on audiobook, then went back and read it to make sure I stuck to reading the books. Every bus ride to and from work was spent with the Booker nominees. That meant ditching doomscrolling on my phone in favour of reading about 360 pages a week (a stretch, for a slow reader like me). This year, after reading shortlisted Western Lane, I got hooked on the idea of reading this year's shortlist. I have always loved the Bookers the intrigue, the spats and the books. A stack of the six books on the Booker Prize shortlist for 2023 Photo: SuppliedĪnalysis - The Booker Prize calls itself the "leading literary award in the English-speaking world" for good reason winning it can transform an author's career and sell thousands of books.
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