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Notes
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Inaugurated in 2009, the Prix Litteraire des Recits de l'Ailleurs is awarded annually, by student vote, for the best translated novel written outside France.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2010
winner y
Murder in Utopia
Utopia
( trans. Phillippe Boisserand
with title Utopia )
France
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Traversees Noumea
,
2007
Z1702843
2007
single work
novel
crime
(taught in 1 units)
'A reformed alcoholic, New York doctor Jack Nugent, takes on the challenge of running the medical centre at utopia in remote Central Australia. After two and a half years of advertising the position, there were no other applicants for the job. Nugent becomes engrossed in the exotic Aboriginal people and culture and is outraged by the government neglect he sees everywhere. Unexpectedly, he is swept up in a bizarre ritual murder investigation, in such a remote place he must assist the state coroner by gathering evidence and provide police with his forensic findings. Vital evidence goes missing and every avenue Nugent takes is blocked. He falls in love with Carla, a black lawyer, who helps him overcome the obstacles police and the Aboriginal community place in his path, a better social outcome for this ancient desert community depends largely on them.' (From the publisher's website.)
Works About this Award
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French Prize for McLaren 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 April no. 473 2010; (p. 47)
