The Lowland
British and Indian novelist, born 1967.
The Lowland is a 2013 novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2013.
In family saga
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 416 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 2013
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 2013
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2014
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Migration and identity, Political
Is The Lowland worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2013) | Shortlist | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2013) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Lowland
The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Paperbacks paperback (2014), 416 pages.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9781408843543
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Lowland
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 29% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work