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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
I'm wondering what your opinion would be of this Nobel winner's works. I have a couple of them and read them. I think they're terrible. But she's a very angry, and her books, which are all very similar, boil with her rage. I think the NObel committee liked that. I know at least one member of the committee resigned in protest over her selection.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/l...004/index.html |
SU: to follow up here, I did check The Piano Teacher out at the library. I haven't finished it, and I'm not sure I'll be able to. I definitely see what you mean about the tone of the writing. It also reminds me of why I seldom read world literature. I just don't like to read translated works. I know I'm missing out on something, and when the art itself is so connected to the way the author turns a phrase, you can't get that from a translation.
All this to say I am not one to critique the Nobel list, I guess. If anyone wants to talk 19th century British literature, however, I'm your gal.