The Human Phonograph, set on a Chinese nuclear base where a married couple is reunited after seven years apart, is judges’ unanimous choice for award
British author Jonathan Tel has beaten prize-winning writers from around the world to win the Sunday Times EFG short story award.
Tel’s The Human Phonograph is set on a nuclear base in China, examining the relationship between a married couple who have not seen each other for seven years. It was chosen for the £30,000 prize, the world’s richest for a single short story, ahead of shortlisted works by authors including the US writer Edith Pearlman, Zimbabwean Petina Gappah, winner of the Guardian first book award, and Colum McCann, winner of the Impac prize.
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