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Edition 31 (1949)

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Winners

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Emma Smith Winner

The Far Cry is a novel set in postwar Britain, depicting isolation and renewal with a fine-grained attention to everyday life. Through small details, it explores affection, loss, and the psychology of people facing social change.

Between travel and family, a young woman's view of the world quietly widens.

344 pages
familycultural encounterself-discovery
John Connell Winner

A biography of William Ernest Henley that presents his life, poetry, and role as a writer and editor in late Victorian literary culture.

A portrait of Henley as poet, editor, and Victorian literary figure.

biographyliterary historypoetry