Author Sarah Bernstein won the Scotiabank Giller Prize on Monday for her novel “Study for Obedience. The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland, where she had a baby just 10 days ago. Her novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occur.
The gala, which celebrates the biggest prize in Canadian literature, was interrupted by protestors. Study for Obedience explores themes of guilt, abuse and prejudice through the eyes of its unreliable narrator.
TORONTO (AP) Author Sarah Bernstein won the Scotiabank Giller Prize on Monday for her novel “Study for Obedience.” The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland, where she had a baby just 10 days ago. Her novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where after her arrival, […]