Among the shortlisted women are “real
heavyweight writers” who are “perhaps undersung” in terms of the
“massive commercial success that they should have had”, added Collins,
pointing to British writer Samantha Harvey and her fifth novel Orbital;
Canadian poet and novelist Anne Michaels, shortlisted for Held; and
Australian novelist Charlotte Wood, chosen for Stone Yard Devotional.
Shortlisted alongside them are American
writer Rachel Kushner with Creation Lake and Yael van der Wouden, the
first Dutch writer to be shortlisted and lone debut novelist to feature
with The Safekeep. Completing this year’s shortlist is Percival Everett
with James, his retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of
the enslaved Jim. The Guardian
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