Diego Garcia (novel)
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| Author | Natasha Soobramanien, Luke Williams |
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Publication date | 25 May 2022 |
| ISBN | 9781635901627 |
Diego Garcia is a novel by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams, published in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, which won the Goldsmiths Prize that year.[1][2][3] It is the first collaborative novel to win the prize.[4]
Synopsis
[edit]The book tells the story of two British friends, both writers, who, after meeting a poet named Diego, learn about the forced expulsion of Chagossian people from their island homes between 1968 and 1973 by the British government, to make way for a US military base. They feel the urge to write about this as well as the continued resistance of the Chagossians.
Critical reception and reviews
[edit]Tom Gatti of New Statesman wrote that "Political narratives are questioned, social structures reimagined and, in this exhilarating, generous novel, the act of storytelling is made new".[5] The book was reviewed in The Guardian,[6] Buzz Magazine,[7] The Times Literary Supplement, and [8] 3:AM Magazine.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams win Goldsmiths Prize 2022". The Times of India. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Shaffi, Sarah (10 November 2022). "Goldsmiths prize goes to collaborative duo Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Comerford, Ruth (10 November 2022). "Soobramanien and Williams become first duo to win Goldsmiths Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (10 November 2022). "Diego Garcia is the first collaborative novel to win the Goldsmiths Prize". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Gatti, Tom (20 November 2022). "Why Diego Garcia won the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize for fiction". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (6 June 2022). "Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams review – protest fiction for a new generation". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Noel (9 June 2022). "Diego Garcia: experimental Mauritian novel simmers with post-colonial anger & chaos". Buzz Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Johal, Gurnaik (15 July 2022). "Autofiction: A new type of social novel". TLS. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Henderson, Jim (5 July 2022). "Diego Garcia". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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