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Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become one of the youngest writers to be shortlisted (列入候选)...
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Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become one of the youngest writers to be shortlisted (列入候选) for a Booker prize, after their debut novel (处女作)made the final line-up for the International Booker.
Rijneveld. a rising star in Dutch literature, is 28― lightly older than British author Daisy Johnson was when she was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 2018 age 27. The author, who identifies as male and uses the pronouns they/them, was shortlisted after a six-hour virtual (虚拟的) judging meeting for the £50,000 prize, which is shared equally between writer and translator, for The Discomfort of Evening, translated by Michele Hutchison. The novel, tells of a girl whose brother dies in a skating accident and draws from Rijneveld’s own experiences: when they were three, their 12-year-old brother was knocked over and killed by a bus.
“Rijneveld’s language renders (重现) the world again, revealing the shocks and violence of early youth through the angle of a Dutch dairy farm. The strangeness of a child looking at the strangeness of the world is in it,” said judges of the work.
“The Discomfort of Evening is one of six novels in the running for the International Booker, each of which,” said chair of judges Ted Hodgkinson, “restlessly reinvents (重 塑)received narratives, from foundational myths to family folklore, plunging us into discomfiting and delightful encounters with selves in a state of transition (过渡)”.
Hodgkinson chaired a panel (专家组)of five judges who selected the shortlist from 124 submissions. The coronavirus pandemic meant their meeting had to be virtual, but Hodgkinson said he and his panel still managed to discuss the line-up for more than six hours.
The winner will be announced on 19 May.
1.We can learn from the 2nd paragraph that_____________.
A.Rijneveld is a young male writer.
B.Rijneveld and the translator Michele Hutchison will share the $50,000 prize.
C.Daisy Johnson was the youngest writer shortlisted for a Booker prize this year.
D.The Discomfort of Evening is partly adapted from Rijneveld’s own experiences.
2.Which can we infer from the passage?
A.Rijneveld’s brother died from a skating accident.
B.The judges of the work speak highly of Rijneveld’s language.
C.Six novels reveal the shocks and violence of early youth on a Dutch dairy farm.
D.Hodgkinson and his panel were unhappy to discuss the line-up online for over six hours.
3.Why did the panel have a virtual judging meeting?
A.Because of the coronavirus pandemic.
B.Because there were too many submissions.
C.Because it was more effective online.
D.Because the judges lives too far away from each other.
4.What is the most suitable title of the passage?
A.Booker prize winner will be announced
B.Rijneveld, one of the most youngest Booker winner
C.International Booker prize shortlist led by 28-year-old’s debut
D.The Discomfort of Evening a novel running for the International Booker
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