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The Orange Prize for Fiction | International women writers celebrated

The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction was set up in 1996 to celebrate fiction by women writing in English. The winner of the 30,000-pound ($60,000) prize will be announced on June 6 in London (article HERE). The writers shortlisted for the prize:

Guo Xiao lu's "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers," deliberately written in bad English, is about a Chinese girl in London, and her journey of sex, freedom and self-discovery. Kirin Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss" (2006 Booker Prize winner) about a cantankerous old judge in the Himalayas, his orphaned granddaughter and the son of his chatty cook.

Anne Tyler's "Digging to America," about two Korean babies delivered to families in Baltimore. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Half of a Yellow Sun," set in the 1960s during the bloody Nigeria-Biafra war.

Jane Harris's "The Observations" set in Edinburgh in 1863 about a maid and her mysterious employer. Rachel Cusk's "Arlington Park," set during a rainy day in an English suburb.

THE SHORTLIST FOR THE ORANGE BROADBAND PRIZE:

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "Half of a Yellow Sun" (2nd novel)

Rachel Cusk: "Arlington Park" (6th novel)

Kiran Desai: "The Inheritance of Loss" (2nd novel)

Guo Xiaolu: "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers" (3rd novel)

Jane Harris: "The Observations" (1st novel)

Anne Tyler: "Digging to America" (16th novel)

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