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A Distant Shore
Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2004 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction) | 2004 | Shortlist |
About This Book
In a small English village, two outsiders—a retired schoolteacher and an African refugee working as a night watchman—form a tentative connection against a backdrop of xenophobia and loneliness. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.
About the Author
Caryl PhillipsKittitian-British
Caryl Phillips, born in 1958 in St. Kitts and raised in Leeds, England, is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright, and essayist renowned for exploring the experiences of the African diaspora. His most notable works include the novels Crossing the River (1993), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Cambridge (1991), and A Distant Shore (2003), which earned the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; he has received awards such as the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/Beyond Margins Award.
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