Diego Garcia (novel) explained
Diego Garcia is a novel by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams, published in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, which won the Goldsmiths Prize that year.[1] [2] [3] It is the first collaborative novel to win the prize.[4]
Synopsis
The book tells the story of two British friends, both writers, who, after meeting a poet named Diego, learn about the forced expulsion of Chagossian people from their island homes between 1968 and 1973 by the British government, to make way for a US military base. They feel the urge to write about this as well as the continued resistance of the Chagossians.
Critical reception and reviews
Tom Gatti of New Statesman wrote that "Political narratives are questioned, social structures reimagined and, in this exhilarating, generous novel, the act of storytelling is made new".[5] The book was reviewed in The Guardian,[6] Buzz Magazine,[7] The Times Literary Supplement, and [8] .[9]
Notes and References
- News: Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams win Goldsmiths Prize 2022. 11 November 2022 . 21 November 2022 . The Times of India.
- News: 10 November 2022. Shaffi. Sarah . Goldsmiths prize goes to collaborative duo Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams . 21 November 2022 . The Guardian.
- News: Comerford. Ruth. 10 November 2022 . Soobramanien and Williams become first duo to win Goldsmiths Prize . 21 November 2022 . The Bookseller.
- News: Peirson-Hagger . Ellen . 10 November 2022 . Diego Garcia is the first collaborative novel to win the Goldsmiths Prize . 21 November 2022. New Statesman.
- Web site: Gatti . Tom . 20 November 2022 . Why Diego Garcia won the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize for fiction . 21 November 2022 . New Statesman.
- News: 6 June 2022 . Cummins. Anthony . Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams review – protest fiction for a new generation . 21 November 2022 . The Guardian.
- News: Gardner . Noel . 9 June 2022 . Diego Garcia: experimental Mauritian novel simmers with post-colonial anger & chaos . 21 November 2022 . Buzz Magazine.
- News: 15 July 2022. Johal . Gurnaik . Autofiction: A new type of social novel. 21 November 2022 . TLS.
- News: Henderson. Jim. 5 July 2022 . Diego Garcia . 21 November 2022 . 3:AM Magazine.
