Вручение 2010 г.
Страна: Великобритания
Место проведения: город Лондон
Дата проведения: 2010 г.
Книга года
Лауреат
Дэвид Николс
4.2
Эмма и Декстер случайно познакомились на выпускном вечере. Они встретились совсем не для того, чтобы никогда не расставаться, - уже завтра они разойдутся и начнут новую, взрослую жизнь. Каждый - свою.
Что произойдет с ними через год? А через два? Через три, семь... двадцать?
Роман Дэвида Николса - одновременно грустная и смешная, трогательная и светлая история любви, в которой каждый найдет для себя что-то очень важное.
Детская книга года
Лауреат
Julia Donaldson
4.6
Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: capturing a princess?
Дебютная книга года
Лауреат
Edmund de Waal
4.2
At the heart of Edmund de Waal's strange and graceful family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, is a one-of-a-kind inherited collection of ornamental Japanese carvings known as netsuke. The netsuke are tiny and tactile--they sit in the palm of your hand--and de Waal is drawn to them as "small, tough explosions of exactitude." He's also drawn to the story behind them, and for years he put aside his own work as a world-renowned potter and curator to uncover the rich and tragic family history of which the carvings are one of the few concrete legacies. De Waal's family was the Ephrussis, wealthy Jewish grain traders who branched out from Russia across the capitals of Europe before seeing their empire destroyed by the Nazis. Beginning with his art connoisseur ancestor Charles (a model for Proust's Swann), who acquired the netsuke during the European rage for Japonisme, de Waal traces the collection from Japan to Europe--where they were saved from the brutal bureaucracy of the Nazi Anschluss in the pockets of a family servant--and back to Japan and Europe again. Throughout, he writes with a tough, funny, and elegant attention to detail and personality that does full justice to the exactitude of the little carvings that first roused his curiosity. --Tom Nissley
Художественная книга года
Лауреат
Дэвид Николс
4.2
Блистательный роман, по силе чувств даже превосходящий экранизацию. Эмма и Декстер случайно познакомились на выпускном вечере. Они встретились совсем не для того, чтобы никогда не расставаться, — уже завтра они разойдутся и начнут новую, взрослую жизнь. Каждый — свою. Что произойдет с ними через год? А через два? Через три, семь... двадцать? Роман Дэвида Николса — одновременно грустная и смешная, трогательная и светлая история любви, в которой каждый найдет для себя что-то очень важное. «Один день» — книга особенная. Она напоминает нам о том, что все лучшие слова, когда мы дорожим кем-то и любим его, должны быть сказаны вовремя.
Биография / Автобиография года
Лауреат
Stephen Fry
4.3
Spanning 1979-1987, "The Fry Chronicles" charts Stephen's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. "Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book". ("The Times")". "Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book.
Популярная нехудожественная книга года
Лауреат
Эндрю Марр
4.0
A fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire
Beyond trenches, flappers, and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments, and raucous stage heroines. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of World War II, Great Britain was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst they had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question How should we live? Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism, and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared. It was also a time that witnessed the birth of the media as it is known it today and the beginnings of the welfare state. From organic food to drugs, nightclubs and celebrities to package holidays, crooked bankers to sleazy politicians, the echoes of today's Britain ring from almost every page.
Кулинарная книга года
Лауреат
Йотам Оттоленги
4.5
With his fabulous restaurants and bestselling Ottolenghi Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi has established himself as one of the most exciting talents in the world of cookery and food writing. This exclusive collection of vegetarian recipes is drawn from his column 'The New Vegetarian' for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and features both brand-new recipes and dishes first devised for that column.
Yotam's food inspiration comes from his strong Mediterranean background and his unapologetic love of ingredients. Not a vegetarian himself, his approach to vegetable dishes is wholly original and innovative, based on strong flavours and stunning, fresh combinations. With sections devoted to cooking greens, aubergines, brassicas, rice and cereals, pasta and couscous, pulses, roots, squashes, onions, fruit, mushrooms and tomatoes, the breadth of colours, tastes and textures is extraordinary.
Featuring vibrant, evocative food photography from acclaimed photographer Jonathan Lovekin, and with Yotam's voice and personality shining through, Plenty is a must-have for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike.
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Автор года
Лауреат
Хилари Мантел
4.2
Англия, двадцатые годы XVI века. Страна на грани бедствия: если Генрих VIII умрет, не оставив наследника, неизбежна гражданская война. На сцену выступает Томас Кромвель, сын кузнеца-дебошира, политический гений, чьи орудия — подкуп, угрозы и лесть. Его цель — преобразовать Англию сообразно своей воле и желаниям короля, которому он преданно служит.
В своем неподражаемом стиле Хилари Мантел показывает общество на переломе истории, общество, в котором каждый с отвагой и страстью идет навстречу своей судьбе.