Adichie Loses The Prestigious Bailey’s Women’s Prize For Fiction

Date: 09-06-2014 3:58 pm (9 years ago) | Author: CLARA JANCITA
- at 9-06-2014 03:58 PM (9 years ago)
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A novel by U.K. author, Eimear McBride, A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing, last week Wednesday emerged the winner of the prestigious Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction beating Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah.

Ms. McBride’s first novel also topped American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Donna Tartt’s Goldfinch to win the $30,000 (N4.8 million) prize.
According to U.K. Daily Mail, Ms. McBride wrote the novel within six months in 2004.
However, over the years, it was rejected by almost every publisher she took it to as “too experimental.”
Eventually, in 2013, it was published by Norwich-based (her hometown) independent publisher, Gallery Beggar Press, who gave her a £600 advance, before it now won her this prize.
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing “tells the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother who is living with the after effects of a brain tumor.”
The chairperson of the Women’s Prize for Fiction judging panel, Helen Fraser, called the novel “an amazing and ambitious first novel.” “This is an extraordinary new voice – this novel will move and astonish the reader,” she said. Big congrats to her.

Posted: at 9-06-2014 03:58 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
- okilo101 at 9-06-2014 04:43 PM (9 years ago)
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Congratulations-u win some,u lose some !
Posted: at 9-06-2014 04:43 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- gmarley at 9-06-2014 04:45 PM (9 years ago)
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Posted: at 9-06-2014 04:45 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dynasty4all at 9-06-2014 05:13 PM (9 years ago)
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 ADA BIAFRA U ARE ALWAYS A WINNER. A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. YOU ARE SECOND 2 NONE.
Posted: at 9-06-2014 05:13 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- osamabinladin at 9-06-2014 05:30 PM (9 years ago)
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You are the best !
Posted: at 9-06-2014 05:30 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- dareper at 9-06-2014 06:13 PM (9 years ago)
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U are still the best adichie
Posted: at 9-06-2014 06:13 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- beneno at 9-06-2014 08:18 PM (9 years ago)
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Posted: at 9-06-2014 08:18 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- beejaybabs at 9-06-2014 08:28 PM (9 years ago)
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I'll love to read d book
Posted: at 9-06-2014 08:28 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Wysetots at 9-06-2014 09:02 PM (9 years ago)
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Ok
Posted: at 9-06-2014 09:02 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- Larry28 at 9-06-2014 09:28 PM (9 years ago)
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Ok
Posted: at 9-06-2014 09:28 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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- papadip at 10-06-2014 01:41 AM (9 years ago)
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You cannot win them all…..
….but you are still great.
Posted: at 10-06-2014 01:41 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- newtoncruz at 10-06-2014 07:17 AM (9 years ago)
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ADA BIAFRA, NA YOU BE DE WINNER
Posted: at 10-06-2014 07:17 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
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- willyclif at 10-06-2014 12:10 PM (9 years ago)
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We are proud of u
Posted: at 10-06-2014 12:10 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
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- elchymo at 26-08-2015 10:29 PM (8 years ago)
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