Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a 'soul-shattering' novel about a woman's struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war.
'I was trying to see into the modern chaos... The problem of Syria the implosion of an entire nation, the scale of its refugee crisis and the West's indifference... I wanted to deepen the reader's immersion to such a degree that by the end of the book, they would not just know, but feel this problem for themselves.'
Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, who chaired the judging panel, said the book is 'a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave' in which Lynch 'pulls off feats of language that are stunning to witness.'
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