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Andrew Carnegie Medals For Excellence In Fiction And Nonfiction
__NOTOC__ The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year. They are named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in recognition of his deep belief in the power of books and learning to change the world. The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the American Library Association (ALA). ''Booklist ''Booklist'' is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. ''Booklist''s primary audience consists of libraries, educators, and booksellers. The magazine is ...'' and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) cosponsor the awards. The shortlist and winners are selected by a seven-member selection committee of library experts who work with adult readers. The annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, 103 librarians, 90 men, and 13 women, responded to a call for a "Convention of Librarians" to be held October 4–6, 1876, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. At the end of the meeting, according to Edward G. Holley in his essay "ALA at 100", "the register was passed around for all to sign who wished to become charter members", making October 6, 1876, the date of the ALA's founding. Among the 103 librarians in attendance were Justin Winsor (Boston Public Library and Harvard University), William Frederick Poole ( Chicago Public Library and Newberry College), Charles Ammi Cutter ( Boston Athenæum), Melvil Dewey, Charles Evans ( Indianapolis Public Library) and Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Light We Cannot See
''All the Light We Cannot See'' is a 2014 war novel by American author Anthony Doerr. The novel is set during World War II. It revolves around the characters Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl who takes refuge in her great-uncle's house in Saint-Malo after Paris is invaded by Nazi Germany, and Werner Pfennig, a bright German boy who is accepted into a military school because of his skills in radio technology. The book alternates between paralleling chapters depicting Marie-Laure and Werner, framed with a nonlinear structure. The novel has a lyrical writing style, with critics noting extensive sensory details. The story has ethical themes, portraying the destructive nature of war and Doerr's fascination with science and nature. Doerr drew inspiration from a 2004 train ride. During the ride, a passenger became frustrated after his telephone call disconnected. Doerr felt the passenger did not appreciate the "miracle" of long-distance communication and wanted to write a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Believers
''The Great Believers'' is a historical fiction novel by American writer Rebecca Makkai published June 4, 2018, by Penguin Books. The novel follows two storylines in alternating chapters. The first, set in 1980s and '90s Chicago, centers on Yale Tishman, an art gallery acquisitions manager living in Boystown. As he navigates a career-defining deal, the largely gay male community to which he belongs crumbles around him due to the devastation of the AIDS epidemic. The second plotline takes place in Paris in 2015. It follows Fiona Marcus, a secondary character from the first storyline, as she searches for her estranged adult daughter and reckons with the lasting impact that the AIDS epidemic has had on her life. The book was an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction winner, National Book Award for Fiction finalist, Stonewall Book Award winner, and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist. Plot 1985–1992 In 1985 Chicago, Yale Tishman and his long-term boyfriend, Charli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln In The Bardo
''Lincoln in the Bardo'' is a 2017 experimental novel by American writer George Saunders. It is Saunders's first novel and was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son Willie Lincoln, focusing on Lincoln's grief and the spirits trapped in the bardo, a transitional space between life and death. It received critical acclaim and won the 2017 Booker Prize. Plot ''Lincoln in the Bardo'' is set in 1862, unfolding over a single night following Willie Lincoln's death. As Abraham Lincoln mourns at his son's crypt, he unwittingly enters a supernatural realm inhabited by spirits unable to move on due to unresolved attachments. The spirits, including Hans Vollman, Roger Bevins III, and Reverend Everly Thomas, narrate the story in fragmented monologues. They observe Lincoln's grief and attempt to help Willie transition to the afterlife, fearing that his lingering attachment to his father may trap him in this state indefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing, Unburied, Sing
''Sing, Unburied, Sing'' is the third novel by the American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Scribner in 2017. It focuses on a family in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. The novel received overwhelmingly positive reviews, and was named by ''The New York Times'' as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. The novel won the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Plot The novel begins on Jojo's thirteenth birthday. To step into his new role as a man, Jojo tries to help his grandfather, Pop, kill a goat, but he is sickened by the slaughter. While Pop is cooking the goat stew, he tells Jojo about his family, including how he was sent to Parchman prison with his older brother, Stag, when Stag got into a bar fight with some white Navy officers. It was there that Pop met Richie, a 12-year-old inmate. Leonie receives a call from Michael, Jojo and Kayla's father, informing Leonie that he is coming home from prison, where he has been for three years. The next day, Leonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Beach (novel)
''Manhattan Beach'' is a historical novel by American writer Jennifer Egan. It was published in 2017 by Scribner. The National Book Foundation listed the book in their 2017 National Book Award Longlist in the Fiction category. ''Time'' magazine selected it as one of its top ten novels of 2017. Plot Eleven-going-on-twelve Anna Kerrigan and her father Eddie meet with gangster Dexter Styles in late 1934 at the Styles mansion on the shore of Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York City. Eddie is a former vaudeville performer who switched to become a stockbroker during the Roaring Twenties, then was ruined in the Great Depression. Now he makes very little money as a bagman in the criminal underworld, and he tells Styles he needs money to pay for a wheelchair for his brain-damaged and paralyzed daughter, Lydia, Anna's younger sister. Unknown to Anna, Eddie agrees to work for Styles in his gambling operations. Anna puts her bare feet into the wintry cold seawater at Manhattan Beach to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Time (novel)
''Swing Time'' is a novel by British writer Zadie Smith, released in November 2016. The story takes place in London, New York and West Africa, and focuses on two girls who can tap dance, alluding to Smith's childhood love of tap dancing. Plot Beginning in 2008, the novel tells the story of two mixed-race, black and white, girls who meet in 1982 in a tap class in London. The unnamed narrator, who has a white, working-class father, and a mother of Jamaican descent is immediately drawn to the precocious Tracey, who has a white mother and a black father in prison, as they have the same skin colour and are the only black children at their dance lessons. Despite the fact that the narrator's semi-intellectual mother looks down on Tracey, the two become best friends as they live in neighbouring estate flats. While the narrator's dance career is hampered by her flat feet, Tracey is something of a prodigy and goes on to win many awards. Tracey credits this in part to the fact that her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Novel
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Underground Railroad (novel)
''The Underground Railroad'' is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history novel tells the story of Cora, a Slavery in the United States, slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia plantation by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as an actual rail transport system with safe houses and secret routes. The book was a critical and commercial success, hitting the bestseller lists and winning several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. A The Underground Railroad (miniseries), TV miniseries adaptation, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, was released in May 2021. Plot The book alternat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Life
''A Little Life'' is a 2015 novel by American writer Hanya Yanagihara. Lengthy and tackling difficult subject matter, it garnered critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Awards, and became a best seller. Set primarily in New York City, the story chronicles the lives of four friends as they grapple with substance abuse, sexual assault and depression. Structure ''A Little Life'' follows a chronological narrative with flashbacks frequently interspersed throughout. The novel's narrative perspectives shift throughout the story's progression. During the beginning of the novel, a third-person omniscient perspective privileging the thoughts of Jude, Willem, JB and Malcolm is employed. As the story gradually shifts its focus towards Jude, its perspective progressively molds entirely around each character's interactions with Jude and the experiences of Jude himself. This literary perspective is punctuated by first-person narratives told by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Aron
''The Book of Aron'' is a historical fiction novel by Jim Shepard, published May 12, 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf Publishing Group. Reception On the September/October 2015 issue of ''Bookmarks (magazine), Bookmarks'', the book was scored four and a half out of five stars. The magazine's critical summary reads: "In sum, Shepard "has produced a remarkable novel destined to join the shelf of essential Holocaust literature" (''Washington Post'')". ''The Book of Aron'' received starred reviews from ''Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus,'' ''Library Journal,'' ''Shelf Awareness'', and ''Booklist'', as well as positive reviews from ''The Guardian,'' ''The Boston Globe,'' ''The New York Times Book Review,'' ''The Washington Post'', NPR, ''The Seattle Times,'' ''Toronto Star, The Toronto Star'', and the Jewish Book Council. Writing for ''Booklist'', Donna Seaman noted, "Shepard’s magnificent tour de force will hold a prominent place in the literature of compassionate outrage." ''Library Journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sympathizer
''The Sympathizer'' is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive reviews from critics. It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a ''New York Times'' Editor's Choice. The novel incorporates elements from a number of different novel genres: mystery, political, metafiction, dark comedic, historical, spy, and war. The story depicts the anonymous narrator, a North Vietnamese mole in the South Vietnamese army, who stays embedded in a South Vietnamese community in exile in the United States. While in the United States, the narrator describes being an expatriate and a cultural advisor on the filming of an American film, closely resembling ''Platoon'' and ''Apocalypse Now'', before returning to Vietnam as part of a guerrilla raid against the communists. The dual identity of the narrator, as a mole a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
