While Indian writers have done well in the prize recently, winning in 2006 and 2008, this year's list is notable for its absence of Asian writers.

虽然印度作家近年来在布克奖中表现突出，分别摘得了2006年和2008年的两项大奖，然而今年的入选名单中却显然不含任何亚裔作家。

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“House of Meetings” is a singular, unimpeachable triumph, as powerful as J.M. Coetzee's “Disgrace” and the small list of novels that have unanimously carried off[8] the Man Booker prize for fiction.

《见面屋》一书的成功卓尔不群且无懈可击，其强大的感染力一如J.M. Coetzee的《耻辱》以及少数赢得评委一致赞许并捧走布克小说奖的作品。

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SIR PAUL NURSE boasts a long list of academic accolades, among them a Nobel Prize, but his chummy manner and oodles of scientific star power have earned him the nickname "David Beckham of science".

保罗·纳斯爵士因拥有一大堆的学术荣誉称号，其中包括一个诺贝尔奖而自吹自擂，但是他与人亲近的风格和作为科学明星的巨大影响力，使他获得了“科学界的贝克·汉姆”这一昵称。

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Others in literature on the list include Booker Prize-winning author Penelope Lively, 78, who is made a dame.

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