NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Hernan Diaz's novel 鈥淭rust,鈥� a postmodern take on wealth, power and reality set in the 1920s and 1930s, has won the Kirkus Prize for fiction.
The awards, presented by the trade publication Kirkus Reviews, include $50,000 cash prizes for winners in fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature.
On Thursday, prize judges cited Diaz for how 鈥渉e uses multiple perspectives and forms to push the boundaries of what a novel can do."
鈥淲hat seems to begin as an homage to novels of the Roaring 鈥�20s unfolds with each successive layer into a complex story of power, love, and the nature of truth,鈥� the judges said.
The writer and perfurmer Tana茂s' memoir 鈥淚n Sensorium鈥� won for nonfiction. The book was praised by judges for its 鈥渋ts daring, inventiveness, vision, and lyrical eloquence.鈥� The young readers' award went to Harmony Becker for the graphic novel 鈥淗imawari House,鈥� which judges honored for 鈥渋ts perceptive exploration of emotionally resonant, evergreen themes relating to family, friendship, and identity.鈥�
Finalists included Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's 鈥淭he Books of Jacob鈥� in fiction and the book edition of The New York Times' 鈥淭he 1619 Project鈥� in nonfiction.
The Associated Press
