The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight is longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009
We are delighted that Gina Ochsner's first novel, The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009.
The broadcaster, Fi Glover, who is the chair of judges, said it was a "wide open field". She added: "All the books on the longlist are there because each one, in its own way, is terrific in its ambition, quality and simple ability to entertain."
The prize, the UK's only award for fiction written by a woman, is in its 14th year. The shortlist will be announced on 21st April. The shortlist for the Orange Award for New Writers will be revealed on 7th April. The winners of both awards will be announced at a ceremony on the 3rd June. Last year's winner was Rose Tremain for The Road Home.
Huge congratulations to Gina and fingers crossed for April 21st!
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The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight (First Hardback Edition)
‘Nothing stays dead in Russia.’ This bewitching novel of post-Soviet lives moves between the magical, the comical and the transcendent to portray a people who rely on dreams to defy the coming of dereliction and decay.
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Gina Ochsner
Born in 1970, Gina Ochsner has worked as a dog-walker, a substitute teacher, and in a shop selling cheese and puppets, and now lives in western Oregon with her husband and four children.
