A Passage North
Sri Lankan novelist, born 1988.
A Passage North is a 2021 novel by Anuk Arudpragasam. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2021.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- First published
- 2021
- Length
- 304 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2021
- Genre
- Literary fiction, War and conflict, Love story, Migration and identity
Is A Passage North worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2021) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of A Passage North
The edition we link to is the Granta Books paperback (2022), 304 pages.
- Publisher
- Granta Books (paperback, 2022)
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781783786961
How critics, prizes and readers rate A Passage North
Prize juries and readers rate it about equally: it earned 22% on prize lists and 17% on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work