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ブッカー賞(Booker Prize)は、1968年に創設されたイギリスの文学賞。世界的に最も権威のある文学賞の一つとして知られ、その年に英語で出版された最も優れた長編小説に贈られる。かつては対象がイギリス連邦などに限られていましたが、現在はアメリカなど世界中の英語作品へと門戸が広げられ、世界中の本好きから熱い視線が注がれている賞となった。本記事では、最新の受賞作品からさかのぼり、2000年代までのブッカー賞作品を一挙紹介!ぜひチェックしてみてはいかがだろうか。


2025年 Flesh/David Szalay



Flesh


Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman – as his only companion. When a clandestine relationship begins between them, his life spirals out of control.


As the years pass, István moves from the army to the circles of London’s elite. His competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth win him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.


2024年 Orbital/Samantha Harvey



Orbital


A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.


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