Вручение декабрь 2022 г.
Страна: США
Дата проведения: декабрь 2022 г.
Лучшая художественная книга
Лауреат
Джералдин Брукс
4.0
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
Лучшая документальная книга
Лауреат
Эми Блум
3.8
This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two people whose love leads them to find a courageous way to part--and of a woman's struggle to go forward in the face of loss.
Amy Bloom began to notice changes in her husband, Brian: He retired early from a new job he loved; he withdrew from close friendships; he talked mostly about the past. Suddenly, it seemed there was a glass wall between them, and their long walks and talks stopped. Their world was altered forever when an MRI confirmed what they could no longer ignore: Brian had Alzheimer's disease.
Forced to confront the truth of the diagnosis and its impact on the future he had envisioned, Brian was determined to die on his feet, not live on his knees. Supporting each other in their last journey together, Brian and Amy made the unimaginably difficult and painful decision to go to Dignitas, an organization based in Switzerland that empowers a person to end their own life with dignity and peace.
In this heartbreaking and surprising memoir, Bloom sheds light on a part of life we so often shy away from discussing--its ending. Written in Bloom's captivating, insightful voice and with her trademark wit and candor, In Love is an unforgettable portrait of a beautiful marriage, and a boundary-defying love.
Лучший дебют
Лауреат
Шелби ван Пелт
4.3
После смерти мужа Това работает ночной уборщицей в океанариуме городка Соуэлл-Бэй, моет полы, полирует стекла и... беседует с морскими обитателями. Работа помогает Тове справляться с горем, которое с ней уже тридцать лет — с того дня, когда таинственно исчез ее восемнадцатилетний сын Эрик. В океанариуме есть особенный обитатель — немолодой гигантский осьминог по имени Марцелл, философ и наблюдатель. Марцелл настоящий интеллектуал, ему скучно в тесном аквариуме, и развлекается он, решая людские загадки. Но свой ум он тщательно скрывает — ото всех, кроме Товы. Марцелла интригует эта женщина, печальная и забавная. Однажды в городок приезжает незадачливый парень, который тоже пытается разгадать загадку — загадку своей жизни. И у Марцелла появляется еще одна цель.
