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一 |     London, Oct 18 (UNI) "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Sri Lankan Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous civil war in the island nation, has won the Booker Prize.

The novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war, BBC and other media reported.

Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the author said it had been "an honour and a privilege" to be on the shortlist.

Karunatilaka said as he accepted his prize: "My hope is that in the not too distant future... Sri Lanka has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work."

The writer said he decided in 2009 to write "a ghost story where the dead could offer their perspective" after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, "when there was a raging debate over how many civilians died and whose fault it was".

"I hope it's in print in 10 years... if it is, I hope it's written in a Sri Lanka that learns from its stories, and that Seven Moons will be in the fantasy section of the bookshop, next to the dragons, the unicorns and will not be mistaken for realism or political satire," the BBC reported

He added that he had "self-censored" a couple of short stories after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in August, having faced years of death threats for his novel "The Satanic Verses", which some Muslims see as blasphemous.

"I was in the process of publishing a collection of short stories when this incident happened, and I discovered a couple which I don't think was offensive to any religion," Karunatilaka said.

"But my wife said, can you not do that? You've got two young kids. This story is not that good. Just leave it out."

He added that "this is something that hangs over all of us if we're writing in South Asia, especially writing about politics or religion", the BBC said.

Head judge Neil MacGregor praised the "scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity" of the novel, calling it an "afterlife noir" which "takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through life and death".

He said the judges' decision had been unanimous, adding all of the shortlisted books were "all really about one question, and that is what's the point of an individual life?"

The prestigious £50,000 prize, for a single work of fiction published in the UK in English, also gives the other five writers on the shortlist £2,500 each.

"The Seven Moons of Maali" is Karunatilaka's second novel, having previously won awards including the Commonwealth Book Prize for his debut book Chinaman, which was called the "second best cricket book of all time" by cricketers' almanac Wisden.

Born in 1975, the writer has also worked as an advertising copywriter, and his songs, scripts and stories have been published in Rolling Stone, GQ and National Geographic.

MacGregor, a former director of London's National Gallery and the British Museum, added that the judges read all 170 books put forward for the prize, then whittled them down to 30. They then re-read those, before deciding on the final six, which they read for a third time, the report said.

The other nominees were: "Glory" by NoViolet Bulawayo, "The Trees" by Percival Everett, "Treacle Walker" by Alan Garner, "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan and "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout.

The Booker-winning novel tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. With no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos of civil war atrocities that will rock Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported.

The judges were unanimous in their decision to award the prize to Karunatilaka, according to the chair.

Receiving his prize, Karunatilaka addressed the people of Sri Lanka in Tamil and Sinhalese. He summarised what he said in English: “I write these books for you… Let’s keep sharing these stories.”

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is published by the independent press Sort of Books. This year is the first time a book by the publisher has been longlisted for the prize.

Karunatilaka has become the second Sri Lankan-born author to win, following Michael Ondaatje, who won in 1992 with "The English Patient".

In his Guardian review, Tomiwa Owolade said the book’s “scenarios are often absurd … but executed with a humour and pathos that ground the reader”. He added: “Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country’s history.”

Karunatilaka, was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, in 1975 and grew up in Colombo.

UNI MR。    AI摘要      厦门翔安国际机场三座佰翔系酒店将于年底投用，共763间客房，通过连廊与航站楼“无缝衔接”，旅客最快15分钟内可从房门直达登机口，并将同步接驳地铁3、4号线，打造高效便捷的空港“会客厅”。              厦门翔安国际机场酒店群将于今年年底投用。

二 | （厦门日报记者 陈立新 摄）     空中俯瞰，航站楼西侧，三座酒店已拔地而起，以贴建的建筑姿态，将其“紧紧环抱”。    这里是将于今年年底投用的厦门翔安国际机场酒店群——佰翔酒店、佰翔花园酒店、佰翔璟尚酒店。这三座酒店共有763间客房，共同构成特区空港的全新“会客厅”。    “房门”快速通“舱门”     全程步行最快可在15分钟以内     “用一个词形容我们和航站楼的关系，就是‘无缝衔接’。

三 | ”厦门佰翔酒店集团工作人员领着记者来到佰翔酒店与佰翔花园酒店连廊交界处，从这里的休息区向东望去，透过落地玻璃，对侧匾额上方“厦门翔安国际机场”八个大字清晰可见。    记者现场步行实测，从休息区通过GTC（综合交通中心）直通航站楼，直线距离不到百米，全程不超过1分钟。沿途预留自助值机设备位置，今后旅客在这里就能完成选座、打印登机牌，省去在航站楼大厅排队的工夫。    三座酒店与航站楼之间均有直通连廊。旅客从佰翔璟尚酒店经风雨连廊，出酒店不到2分钟即可直达航站楼。根据机场动线规划，从安检口到最远登机口步行距离控制在640米以内，约需8分钟。

四 | 换句话说，旅客从酒店房间出发，经GTC值机、通过安检、抵达登机口，全程步行最快可控制在15分钟以内——“房门”快速通“舱门”，名副其实。

五 |     围绕机场出行场景     酒店贴心服务 让旅客高效中转     虽然内部装修还在推进，但从已呈现的设计细节中，三座酒店的不同个性已经明朗。    步入厦门翔安国际机场佰翔酒店大厅，暖黄色石砖与吊顶线条共同勾勒出一个“归”字意象，蕴含“荣归”的美好期许，客房搭配无柱宴会厅、多功能会议室等设施，可从容承载商务会晤与宴请；佰翔花园酒店以流云水纹石材与艺术玻璃装点“扬帆远航”主题，343间客房为三座酒店规模之最，配备全日餐厅、健身区、自助洗衣房、24小时超市，更将花园造景融入公共区域，致力为旅客打造舒缓放松的“空港绿洲”；而佰翔璟尚酒店将“效率”做到极致——从电梯到客房再到餐厅，步行不过几十步，几乎没有迂回动线，为追求快捷的差旅人群提供理想的“充电站”。    三座酒店合计763间客房，体量可观，但真正让人觉着“好用”的，是那些紧贴旅客需求的服务细节。    “目前，三座酒店均已预留航显屏位置，以后客人在酒店就能看到实时航班动态。”工作人员告诉记者，今后酒店还可能根据实际运营情况，在酒店内规划自助值机设备和行李预托运窗口——这意味着，旅客在酒店就能办妥全部乘机手续，轻装前往航站楼。

六 | 这对分秒必争的商务旅客和红眼航班中转旅客而言，是最实在的福利。

七 |     此外，围绕机场出行场景，三座酒店还将探索推出组合式产品，让旅客既能高效中转，也可放慢节奏享受商务会晤、休闲餐饮、精品购物、娱乐休憩等多元体验。    地铁口在酒店大堂旁边     酒店群与城市交通“零距离”接驳     厦门翔安国际机场酒店群的另一大优势，是与城市交通的“零距离”接驳。    记者从佰翔花园酒店大堂走出，右转不过十几步，便看到了地铁3号线、4号线机场西站的2号出入口；另一侧的1号出入口，同样嵌入佰翔酒店一层。

八 | 虽然两条线路目前还在调试阶段，但今年年底厦门翔安国际机场通航时，它们将同步载客运营。

九 |     “投运后，从厦门北站搭乘地铁4号线过来，30多分钟就能到。”厦门地铁工作人员告诉记者，如果从岛内厦门火车站搭乘地铁3号线，约1小时也可抵达。据了解，后续轨道交通、公交、长途客运，包括城际铁路R1线也将在此接入，漳州、泉州均在一小时交通圈内。这对于旅客来说，就是实实在在的通勤效率。（厦门日报记者 谢嘉迪 通讯员 刘晓颖）。

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