Вручение 14 сентября 2021 г.
Страна: США
Место проведения: город Нью-Йорк, Национальный клуб искусств
Дата проведения: 14 сентября 2021 г.
Художественная литература
Лауреат
Лили Кинг
3.9
Когда жизнь человека заходит в тупик или исчерпывается буквально во всем, чем он до этого дышал, открывается особое время и пространство отчаяния и невесомости.
Кейси Пибоди, одинокая молодая женщина, погрязшая в давних студенческих долгах и любовной путанице, неожиданно утратившая своего самого близкого друга - собственную мать, снимает худо-бедно пригодный для жизни сарай в Бостоне и пытается хоть как-то держаться на плаву - работает официанткой, выгуливает собаку хозяина сарая и пытается разморозить свои чувства. Есть у Кейси и повод наведаться к врачам.
А сверх всего этого она - увлеченная начинающая писательница, и ей есть что сказать, но все движется крайне медленно: уже шесть лет, как она пишет первый роман. Хватает ей и внутренних бесов, однако то, что постепенно получается у Кейси, - не графомания, и даже она сама, пусть и нерешительно, это понимает.
О том, как жизнь перетасовывает паршивейшие карты, на какие неожиданные повороты бывают богаты даже самые горькие безнадежности и как глубок и устрашающе прекрасен мир, когда на него смотрят глазами творца, рассказывает и показывает нам Лили Кинг - и взгляд ее проницателен, нежен и бескомпромиссен.
Историческая документальная литература
Лауреат
Нина Санкович
0.0
Nina Sankovitch’s American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution.
Before they were central figures in American history, John Hancock, John Adams, Josiah Quincy Junior, Abigail Smith Adams, and Dorothy Quincy Hancock had forged intimate connections during their childhood in Braintree, Massachusetts. Raised as loyal British subjects who quickly saw the need to rebel, their collaborations against the Crown and Parliament were formed years before the revolution and became stronger during the period of rising taxes and increasing British troop presence in Boston. Together, the families witnessed the horrors of the Boston Massacre, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill; the trials and tribulations of the Siege of Boston; meetings of the Continental Congress; transatlantic missions for peace and their abysmal failures; and the final steps that led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
American Rebels explores how the desire for independence cut across class lines, binding people together as well as dividing them—rebels versus loyalists—as they pursued commonly-held goals of opportunity, liberty, and stability. Nina Sankovitch's new book is a fresh history of our revolution that makes readers look more closely at Massachusetts and the small town of Braintree when they think about the story of America’s early years.
Современная документальная литература
Лауреат
Scott James
0.0
In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It would take nearly 20 years to find out why—and who was really at fault.
All it took for a hundred people to die during a show by the hair metal band Great White was a sudden burst from two giant sparklers that ignited the acoustical foam lining the Station nightclub. But who was at fault? And who would pay? This being Rhode Island, the two questions wouldn't necessarily have the same answer.
Within 24 hours the governor of Rhode Island and the local police commissioner were calling for criminal charges, although the investigation had barely begun, no real evidence had been gathered, and many of the victims hadn't been identified. Though many parties could be held responsible, fingers pointed quickly at the two brothers who owned the club. But were they really to blame? Bestselling author and three-time Emmy Award-winning reporter Scott James investigates all the central figures, including the band's manager and lead singer, the fire inspector, the maker of the acoustical foam, as well as the brothers. Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews with many involved, and court documents, James explores the rush to judgment about what happened that left the victims and their families, whose stories he also tells, desperate for justice.
Trial By Fire is the heart-wrenching story of the fire's aftermath because while the fire, one of America's deadliest, lasted fewer than two minutes, the search for the truth would take twenty years.
