Tag: Fiction

US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

by Joe Jackson Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US author George Saunders on Tuesday became only the second American writer to win Britain’s renowned Man Booker Prize, which was awarded for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in the Bardo.” Judges for the world’s most prestigious English-language literary award praised as “utterly original” the book that chronicles the death of Abraham Lincoln’s 11-year-old son Willie using the accounts of hundreds of narrators. “The form […]

Winter is here: ‘Game of Thrones’ begins season seven

by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Game of Thrones” returned for its season seven premiere Sunday, ending a longer-than-usual wait for fans craving its unique weekly offer of sex, violence and dragons. HBO had delayed production, meaning four more months of anticipation ahead of the season debut — already one of the television events every year across the world. But viewers were not disappointed, taking to social media in the […]