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Indian-American Author Akhil Sharma Wins UK Literary Prize
'Family Life' tells the story of an Indian family through Ajay, a young boy born in Delhi who moves with his family in their search of a better life. They end up in Queens, New York, and all seems to be going well until a family tragedy changes all of their lives dramatically.
"Family Life is already a critically acclaimed bestseller in the U.S. We are delighted that the Folio Prize will now help it to find many more readers, both in the UK and around the world," said Andrew Kidd, co-founder of the Folio Prize.
The front-runner for the prize was Ali Smith's 'How To Be Both', the winner of the Goldsmiths prize and Costa Novel Award, and the only Booker-nominated title to make the shortlist.
The book was among the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2014 and was earlier quoted amongst the Times list of 100 Notable Books of 2014 in the Fiction and Poetry section.
The Folio Prize aims to recognise the best English-language fiction regardless of form, genre and geography. It was created as a reaction to perceived weaknesses of the Man Booker prize.
The Folio Prize, which was established last year, is open to any English-language work of fiction published in Britain in the previous year.
Last year's winner was U.S.-based George Saunders for the short-story collection 'Tenth of December'.
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Source: PTI
