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Re: Nobel Prize for Literature

Posted by Steven on 4/10/2011, 22:03:31, in reply to "Re: Nobel Prize for Literature"
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Glad to see you back, Rizwan. Stay a while and help us pick our book club selections for 2012.

Thanks for the link to the article. I can see the author's point, at least with regard to writers like Roth, Updike and Oates. However, I don't think the criticism applies to Cormac McCarthy any more than it does to Thomas Pynchon.

I wish he had said a bit more about the non-American laureates and candidates whom he considers more worthy. What is it in their writing that sets them apart as being less narcissistic and insular.

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Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 3/10/2011, 15:20:42
- Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 3/10/2011, 21:53:45
  - Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 3/10/2011, 22:39:40
    - Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Rizwan 4/10/2011, 14:26:56
      - Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 4/10/2011, 22:03:31
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 5/10/2011, 9:58:55
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Rizwan 5/10/2011, 13:15:01
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 5/10/2011, 22:59:19
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 5/10/2011, 23:02:08
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Rizwan 6/10/2011, 2:00:30
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 6/10/2011, 9:03:01
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 6/10/2011, 9:31:20
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Sterling 6/10/2011, 9:53:03
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 6/10/2011, 12:28:28
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Steven 6/10/2011, 13:18:57
        
        Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Lale 16/10/2011, 11:38:34
      - Re: Nobel Prize for Literature - Lale 16/10/2011, 11:48:19
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--Previous Message-- : Glad to see you back, Rizwan. Stay a while and help us : pick our book club selections for 2012. : : Thanks for the link to the article. I can see the : author's point, at least with regard to writers like : Roth, Updike and Oates. However, I don't think the : criticism applies to Cormac McCarthy any more than it : does to Thomas Pynchon. : : I wish he had said a bit more about the non-American : laureates and candidates whom he considers more : worthy. What is it in their writing that sets them : apart as being less narcissistic and insular. : : : --Previous Message-- : Interesting article on Americans & the Nobel: : : : : http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/10/03/why_americans_don_t_win_nobel/singleton/ : : :

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