Edgar Hoover, was given the Pulitzer for biography. Beverly Gage’s "G-Man,” her widely acclaimed book on longtime FBI leader J. Several works with racial themes were honored Monday. "I couldn’t be happier (about the Pulitzer) for this reason. "I wrote this book for my people because we are so invisible to the rest of the world and so persistently misrepresented,” Kingsolver said. The author herself is a longtime resident of Appalachia who currently lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia, and set "Demon Copperhead” close by. Kingsolver, speaking by phone on Monday, said she regards the Pulitzer as an affirmation not just of her novel, but of a misunderstood and overlooked part of the country. Kingsolver’s novel, the story of a young boy’s struggles and persistence as he grows up in southern Appalachia, was chosen by Oprah Winfrey last fall for her book club and named by The Washington Post as a top release of 2022. "Trust” won the Kirkus Prize for fiction, was on the long list for the Booker Prize and was named by The New York Times and The Washington Post as one of the year’s best books. The two winners were among the most talked about literary works of 2022. NEW YORK: The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded on Monday to two class-conscious novels: "Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver’s modern recasting of the Dickens classic "David Copperfield,” and Hernan Diaz’s "Trust,” an innovative narrative of wealth and deceit set in 1920s New York.
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