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Oct 12, 2011 edith pearlmans fourth collection, binocular vision, which collects the majority of its 18 stories from her earlier three collections in addition to three early pieces and others never collected before, stands out from the other finalists for the 2011 national book award for fiction for several reasons. The four recipients of the 2011 national book awards are jesmyn ward in fiction for her novel salvage the bones. Look at me, a finalist for the national book award in fiction in 2001, emerald city and other stories, the keep, and a visit from the goon squad, won the 2011 pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award for fiction. Cajuns, and whites maintain an uneasy coexistenceby the awardwinning author of a lesson before dying and the autobiography of miss jane. National book award winners include at least one upset victory although many expected popular novel the tigers wife to win, katrina saga salvage.
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