The British literary critic and scholar was joined on the judging panel by authors Elif Batuman, Aminatta Forna, Yiyun Li and Tim Parks.

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This archaeological site, the subject of The Sanctuary, by Elif Batuman in the New Yorker, consists of rings of monumental limestone pillars rivaling Stonehenge in size, carved with bas-reliefs of all sorts of threatening animals and dating from 9, 000 B.

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