Hangman (novel)

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Hangman is a 2023 debut novel by writer Maya Binyam. It was published by Macmillan. [1] The novel is a surreal story about an exile returning home to Sub-Saharan Africa to visit his sick brother. It explores the themes of empathy, foreign aid, social responsibility, hospitality, and injustice. [2]

Reception

For Hangman, Binyam received the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award, [3] the Bard Fiction Prize, [4] the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, [5] the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist, [6] [7] and the Dublin Literary Award. [8] The novel was reviewed by The New York Times , [9] The New Yorker , [10] and The Guardian . [11]

References

  1. ↑ Lucas, Julian (2023-08-08). ""Hangman" Turns the Novel of Migration Upside Down". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  2. ↑ Goyal, Sana (2023-08-11). "Hangman by Maya Binyam review – a debut to keep you guessing". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  3. ↑ "The National Book Foundation Announces its 2024 5 Under 35 Honorees". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  4. ↑ Relations, Bard Public. "Annual Bard Fiction Prize Is Awarded to Maya Binyam". www.bard.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  5. ↑ "All Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  6. ↑ "Women's Prize For Fiction". Women's Prize. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  7. ↑ Passmore, Lynsey (2024-03-05). "Announcing the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist!". Women's Prize. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  8. ↑ IGO (2025-01-14). "Hangman". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  9. ↑ Kitamura, Katie (2023-08-05). "No Place Is Home, for the Immigrant Hero of This Debut Novel". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  10. ↑ Lucas, Julian (2023-08-08). ""Hangman" Turns the Novel of Migration Upside Down". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  11. ↑ Goyal, Sana (2023-08-11). "Hangman by Maya Binyam review – a debut to keep you guessing". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-03-03.


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