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Created Wed 15th Oct 2008 5:41pm PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]
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Who will win the National Book Award for Fiction?

Settled as Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country

The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." In 1988 the National Book Foundation was established which now oversees and manages the National Book Awards. Source

This years nominees include a lot of depressing stories of tragedy and despair. Read more about the nominees here.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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 Aleksander Hemon's The Lazarus Project
17%
Rachel Kushner's Telex From Cuba
11%
Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country
40%
Marilynne Robinson's Home
19%
Salvatore Scibona's The End
13%
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Settled as Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country on Wed 19th Nov 2008 7:31pm PST

Suspend date: Wed 19th Nov 2008 8:59am PST Settlement date: Wed 19th Nov 2008 7:31pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 19th Nov 2008 8:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Aleksander Hemon's The Lazarus Project: 20%, Rachel Kushner's Telex From Cuba: 20%, Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country: 20%, Marilynne Robinson's Home: 20%, Salvatore Scibona's The End: 20%

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Created Wed 15th Oct 2008 5:41pm PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]
Changed Suspend date Wed 15th Oct 2008 5:50pm PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]: was: "2008-11-19 00:59:00"
Changed Question text Wed 15th Oct 2008 5:50pm PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]: ... win the National Book Award for Fiction?
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... .org/wiki/National_Book_Award">Source</a> <><br/> <br/> This years nominees
Suspended Wed 19th Nov 2008 8:59am PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country' Wed 19th Nov 2008 7:31pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]

Suspend date: Wed 19th Nov 2008 8:59am PST Settlement date: Wed 19th Nov 2008 7:31pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 19th Nov 2008 8:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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hoernla predicted Salvatore Scibona's The End (H$20 at 13%)
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score: 10
Winners of National Book Awards to be announced

San Jose Mercury News 7 weeks ago
Kingston. Writer and performance artist Eric Bogosian will serve as master of ceremonies. Matthiessen, 81, is a former National Book Award winner whom few expected to see nominated this year. He was cited for 'Shadow Country,' a novel neither new nor

score: 10
Honoring Mr. Matthiessen: A retooled Florida classic is a finalist for the National Book Award

Miami Herald 7 weeks ago
region that owes too much to his book for other writers to matter. Matthiessen pulled Shadow Country from Florida swamp and muck. He conceived of the novel from musings three decades ago along the old Loop Road off Tamiami Trail. He built chapters around

score: 10
'The End' Is Beginning For First-Time Novelist

NPR 7 weeks ago
The National Book Award will be announced next week, and among the finalist is first time novelist, Salvatore Scibona. Scibona's historical fiction about race in the Midwest during the first half

score: 10
Peter Matthiessen's trilogy has become a single novel: Does it matter?

International Herald Tribune 7 weeks ago
Snow Leopard,' his account of a 1973 trek through Nepal with the zoologist George Schaller, which won a National Book Award for nonfiction in 1979. But he thinks of himself primarily as a novelist. Tall and craggy, he lives near the beach here, on a

score: 10
International Festival of Authors: Q & A with Rachel Kushner

National Post 9 weeks ago
on my bedside table is a very specific stack, including only precisely the other four finalists for the National Book Award, whose books I am reading with great pleasure: Shadow Country, by Peter Matthiessen. The Lazarus Project, by Aleksandar Hemon,

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