National Book Awards’ “5 Under 35″
The National Book Foundation, who annually present the National Book Awards, has announced its 5 Under 35 authors. According to their announcement,
These five writers, Matthew Eck, Keith Gessen, Sana Krasikov, Nam Le and Fiona Maazel, all under the age of 35, were selected by previous National Book Award authors who found the young writers’ debut work to be promising and exciting.
We now have bookmarks with this list, and several of the books are in stock. All are available to order.
The authors, nominators, and book details are below:
Matthew Eck — The Farther Shore (Milkweed Editions, 2007; paper $14 in stock as of this writing) Selected by Joshua Ferris, 2007 National Book Award Finalist Keith Gessen — All the Sad Young Literary Men (Viking Press, 2008; hardcover $24.95 available by special order; paper $15 will arrive in the store sometime in March; preorders welcome) Selected by Jonathan Franzen, 2001 National Book Award Winner Sana Krasikov — One More Year: Stories (Spiegel & Grau, 2008; hardcover $21.95 in stock as of this writing) Selected by Francine Prose, 2001 National Book Award Finalist Nam Le — The Boat (Knopf, 2008; hardcover $22.95 available by special order) Selected by Mary Gaitskill, 2005 National Book Award Finalist Fiona Maazel — Last Last Chance (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008; hardcover $25 available by special order; paper $15 will be available sometime in March; preorders welcome) Selected by Jim Shepard, 2007 National Book Award Finalist
- National Book Award “5 Under 35″
For more information, please go to www.nationalbook.org.