Shelf Awareness
An 11-book longlist has been released for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, which recognizes authors who "represent the best works of fiction related to the South Asian region." A shortlist will be announced November 26 and the winner named January 16 at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka. This year's longlisted titles are:
The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer
Family Life by Akhil Sharma
Odysseus Abroad by Amit Chaudhuri
Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
Hang Woman by K.R. Meera, translated by J. Devika
A Little Dust on the Eyes by Minoli Salgado
The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
She Will Build Him a City by Raj Kamal Jha
Don't Let Him Know by Sandip Roy
The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer
Family Life by Akhil Sharma
Odysseus Abroad by Amit Chaudhuri
Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
Hang Woman by K.R. Meera, translated by J. Devika
A Little Dust on the Eyes by Minoli Salgado
The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
She Will Build Him a City by Raj Kamal Jha
Don't Let Him Know by Sandip Roy
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