HE
Held
Booker Prize · 2024 · ShortlistScotiabank Giller Prize · 2024 · Winner
McClelland and Stewarthistorical-fiction
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Scotiabank Giller Prize | 2024 | Winner |
About This Book
A multigenerational novel spanning from the First World War to the present, following interconnected lives across a century and exploring the ways in which love, war, and memory bind families and strangers together. Written in the lyrical, meditative prose that characterises Michaels's poetry.
About the Author
Anne MichaelsCanadian
Anne Michaels is a Canadian poet and novelist born in Toronto in 1958. Her debut novel Fugitive Pieces (1996) won the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Trillium Book Award. Her long-awaited second novel Held (2023) was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. Read more →
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