The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Cover of 2022 first edition
AuthorShehan Karunatilaka
LanguageEnglish
Set inSri Lanka
PublisherSort of Books
Publication date
4 August 2022
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint
Awards2022 Booker Prize
ISBN9781908745903
Preceded byChinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew 

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida[1] is a 2022 novel by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka[2][3] and winner of the 2022 Booker Prize.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was published on 4 August 2022 by the small independent London publisher Sort of Books (ISBN 978-1908745903). An earlier version of the novel was originally published in the Indian subcontinent as Chats with the Dead in 2020.[10][11]

  1. ^ Karunatilaka, Shehan (2022). The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. India: Penguin Random House India (published 2012). ISBN 9780143459675.
  2. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (9 August 2022). "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka review – life after death in Sri Lanka". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Lezard, Nicholas (10 September 2022). "A ghoulish afterlife: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, by Shehan Karunatilaka, reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ^ "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". thebookerprizes.com. The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ Bayley, Sian (6 September 2022). "Garner, Bulawayo and Strout on Booker shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ^ Bayley, Sian (17 October 2022). "Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize with 'audacious' The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ^ Shaffi, Sarah (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Alter, Alexandra (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Chilton, Martin (17 October 2022). "Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is compelling about conflict – but not a simple read". The Independent.
  10. ^ Jayasinghe, Pasan (7 September 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka: 'The state will come after the defenceless'". frontline.thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  11. ^ Chakrabarti, Paromita (18 October 2022). "Sri Lankan author wins Booker: Meet Shehan Karunatilaka and Maali Almeida". The Indian Express. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 20–49. Retrieved 18 October 2022.