So today the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced.
I hope the members of the Nobel Prize Committee have not succumbed to the temptation to make Ukraine happy for the current occasion.
Even if there are remarkable authors there, such a decision would not be a sign of solidarity, but embarrassing at best.
I could much better live with one of the usual suspects: Roth, Murakami, Pynchon, Atwood, etc. ...
How about Edna O'Brien?
Thursday, October 06, 2022
And the Winner is?
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Not that they listen to the likes of me, but i see your point.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for such a choice would have been all too obvious, Mimi.
DeleteDoncs sí, crec que més que un gest generós, seria més bé incòmode.
ReplyDeleteAferradetes, Sean.
Afortunadamente, el Comité del Nobel decidió lo contrario, aunque no para nadie de mi elección. / Fortunately, the Nobel Committee decided otherwise, though not for anyone of my choice.
DeleteAferradetes, Paula.
and the winner is the author Annie Ernaux, unfortunately I am not familiar with her work.
ReplyDeleteI'd have preferred yesterday's birthday child. ;-)
DeleteI am still alive here, and am sitting up waiting for the phone call...
ReplyDeleteOh, too late, some unknown modernist pipped me again.
DeleteWhat about accompanying Adrig and Edrig and see those pole dancing classes (Sample 717, p. 79)?
DeleteYou could, of course, as well saddle Rocinante, noble Don. My donkey and I are always ready for a new quest.
I am questing with new words, slowly... And you?
DeleteAlso questing in the realm of letters, mighty Don. Sometimes word come easy to me, sometimes not. But with Burro's help. As you will remember, a man and a donkey do know more than a man.
DeleteOh, oh, that cheeky little letter that slipped away. Here it is: 's'.
DeleteOh, yes, lets's hear it for dear Edna! I don't know the winner's work at all but I who am I to question the distribution of accolades ... it's all so mysterious. I've just finished the autobiography of Australia's only Nobel Prize (Lit) winner - and no, counting Coetzee as an Australian winner is a cheat - and Patrick White thought the whole thing preposterous.
ReplyDeleteAh, Lady Pipistrello, Edna O'Brien is phenomenal, indeed. Did you read her latest books, The Little Red Chairs (2015) and Girl (2019)?
DeleteFrom the Coetzee-books I read I found Waiting for the Barbarians the most interesting.
Patrick White is a "white page" for me. Can you recommend any of his books in good conscience?
I've only read two novels and his autobiography. I've not read the mythic "Voss" despite it living on a bookshelf all my childhood - its distinct lack of alluring cover could never tempt, shallow I know - but I loved "The Solid Mandala" and it's due for a revisit now I've read "Flaws in the Glass", his autobiography, which is terrifically entertaining.
DeleteEdna O'Brien, no, I've not read her later books. So many good things, so little time!
Ah, thanks for the recommendations, Signora Pipistrello. Three books more for my birthday wishlist.
DeleteAs for Dame Edna: Take your time!