Aisling Bea reads from ‘Whale’ | The Booker Prize скачать в хорошем качестве

Aisling Bea reads from ‘Whale’ | The Booker Prize

Watch Aisling Bea read an extract from ‘Whale’, an International Booker Prize 2023-shortlisted novel written by Cheon Myeong-kwan and translated by Chi-Young Kim. The story so far: Set in a remote village in South Korea, Whale follows the lives of three linked characters: Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Discover the book: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke... Directed by Hannah Berry George for Mermade Films --- The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizes The Booker Prizes on Twitter: twitter.com/TheBookerPrizes The Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizes The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more. #TheBookerPrize