2012 Man Booker Prize overly populist. Whether or not as a response to this, the 2012 jury strongly emphasised the value of literary quality and linguistic innovation as criteria for inclusion. The winner was Hilary Mantel, an early favourite, for her book "Bring Up the Bodies", the sequel to her novel "Wolf Hall", which won the award in 2009. Mantel became the first woman, and the first Briton, to win the prize twice. A strong challenger to Mantel was established writer Will Self, who was nominated for the first time. Other shortlisters included second-time nominee Tan Twan Eng, Deborah Levy, who returned from a
The Day I Became a Woman motives unexplored makes the film enigmatic. Roger Ebert said that the three stories lack "the psychological clutter of Western movies", describing this fact as a strength. In the "Boston Phoenix", Chris Fujiwara said that the film was "largely successful, describing the second segment as the highlight, and calling the final story disappointing. In "The New Yorker", Michael Sragow called the film "fierce, inspired filmmaking". Several critics described it as "Felliniesque". The Day I Became a Woman The Day I Became a Woman (, روزی که زن شدم) is a 2000 award-winning Iranian drama film directed by Marzieh Meshkini. It tells