Writer’s Side Author Daisy Rockwell is longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature

Tomb of Sand, Writer's Side author Daisy Rockwell's International Booker-winning English translation of Geetanjali Shree's Ret Samadhi has been longlisted for The JCB Prize for Literature.

The jury says, "Wild and unruly, Tomb of Sand challenges our notions of what a novel should be. The impression of several novels within one give it a carnivalesque atmosphere. This novel is witty and irreverent yet filled with tenderness and psychological insight."

Tomb of Sand is the only English-language translation of a Hindi novel on JCB's longlist. According to the Print, Literary director Mita Kapoor said the longlisted books are "bracing, vigorous, transformative, experimental," both in voice and story. The winner of the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature will be announced on November 19. In case the winning work is a translation, the translator will receive an additional Rs 10 lakh.