Pulitzer Project

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction

April 16, 2012

The 2012 Pulitzers were just announced. And this year’s winner for fiction is . . . NO AWARD! The committee did not award a prize for fiction this year. This has happened before, in 1917, 1920, 1941, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1971, 1974, and 1977. Usually, the reason for not giving an award is unclear. [...]

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2011 Pulitzer Winner for Fiction

April 18, 2011

The 2011 Pulitzers were just announced. And this year’s winner for fiction is . . . A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan I’m dying to read this one! But I’ve never heard of the two finalists: The Privileges, by Jonathan Dee and The Surrendered, by Chang Rae Lee Have you read any [...]

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The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields

January 13, 2011

Title: The Stone Diaries Author: Carol Shields Pages: 361 Originally Published: 1993 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ The Stone Diaries won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was also short-listed in the same year for the Booker Prize. I can’t think of another book that was recognized by both awards. (I’m [...]

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Tinkers, by Paul Harding

October 22, 2010

Title: Tinkers Author: Paul Harding Pages: 191 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Rating: ____________________________ Okay, the first thing you should know about this book (other than the fact that it won this year’s Pultizer Prize for Fiction) is that the writing is amazing. Here, read these, if you don’t [...]

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The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

December 29, 2009

Title: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Pages: 287 Publisher: Vintage Copyright: 2006 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ It has taken me years to get to this marvelous book. I purchased a copy several years ago, when it was first selected by Oprah for her book club. Since that time, it won the 2008 Pulitzer and was [...]

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Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

May 21, 2009

Title: Gone with the Wind Author: Margaret Mitchell Pages: 959 Publisher: Scribner Copyright: 2007 (1937) Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ I just don’t even know where to begin. I read this book almost two months ago, and I’ve been hitting a mental block with the review. I’ve just decided to put my thoughts out there, jumbled [...]

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To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

September 24, 2008

I love this book. I’m not alone in this adoration though. In fact, I think this book has pretty much been deemed the best book of the twentieth century. Scout, the narrator, and her older brother Jem are the children of Atticus Finch. Their mother died years ago, so they’ve been raised by Atticus and [...]

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz

August 6, 2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz was the winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. FOR THE FUTURE READER – A REVIEW Oscar is a nerdlinger and fat to boot. His mother, a dominicana, immigrated to the U.S. prior to his birth. He, despite the famed dominican macho males, cannot [...]

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