也該讓 Zadie Smith得了 Big hitting Smiths head formidable list in battle for Orange prize Two of the big hitters defeated so far in the current book prize season were yesterday given a final chance of a victory. The formidable duo of Smiths - Zadie and Ali - are eminent among 20 names on the longlist for the women-only ￡30,000 Orange prize for fiction. Zadie Smith's novel On Beauty and Ali Smith's The Accidental live to fight another day against authors like Helen Dunmore, the first Orange winner 10 years ago, Sarah Waters, Hilary Mantel, Jill Dawson and Philippa Gregory......... http://books.guardian.co.uk/orange2006/story/0,,1725413,00.html Nominees: The long list Minaret, Leila Aboulela Harbor, Lorraine Adams Watch Me Disappear, Jill Dawson House of Orphans, Helen Dunmore The Constant Princess, Philippa Gregory White Ghost Girls, Alice Greenaway Dreams of Speaking, Gail Jones Frangipani, Celestine Hitiura Vaite The History of Love, Nicole Krauss Beyond Black, Hilary Mantel Lost in the Forest, Sue Miller Gilead, Marilynne Robinson Rape: A Love Story, Joyce Carol Oates Prep Curtis, Sittenfeld Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, Carrie Tiffany Disobedience, Naomi Alderman The Accidental, Ali Smith The Night Watch, Sarah Waters The Position, Meg Wolitzer --

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