The Dublin Community Blog

Congratuations to author Anne Enright on winning the prestigious Man Booker Prize for her book The Gathering. According to media reports, this book had an outside chance of winning, being up against favourites Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones.

Howard Davies, Chair of the Booker judges describes ‘the Gathering’ as:

“an unflinching look at a grieving family. It’s the bleakness of one woman’s vision, a bleakness rooted in her family, her marriage and the death of her brother.”

Davies said that the winning title was a ‘powerful, uncomfortable and even at times angry book’ but went on to explain that the family epic was a ‘very readable and satisfying novel’.

The author herself describes the book as “the equivalent of a Hollywood weepie”. The prize is a wonderful achievement and I’m looking forward to reading the book.

Further media articles here:
Irish Times
The Guardian
The New York Times