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Roomy Naqvy 
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Eco and Kundera are both interesting. So, would be Achebe and perhaps, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o.
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Roomy Naqvy
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TOPIC STARTER | and additions | Oct 10, 2007 |
But we had Coetzee one year and so, going by surprises... what do you people think of Ha Jin?
Has anyone read his novel, Waiting?
Roomy
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Eco has never really surpassed his Il Nome della Rosa and Kundera his Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí so it is likely they won't get the prize. If one of the criteria were a compendium of significant work then Mario Vargas Llosa, John Updike, Philip Roth and Margaret Atwood seem to be the frontrunners among the English/Spanish writers.
I'd be glad if Peter Carey got it. Australian literature needs a boost...and some recognition. His Oscar and Lucinda is one of my favorite novels from th... See more Eco has never really surpassed his Il Nome della Rosa and Kundera his Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí so it is likely they won't get the prize. If one of the criteria were a compendium of significant work then Mario Vargas Llosa, John Updike, Philip Roth and Margaret Atwood seem to be the frontrunners among the English/Spanish writers.
I'd be glad if Peter Carey got it. Australian literature needs a boost...and some recognition. His Oscar and Lucinda is one of my favorite novels from the 90s. Remember the glass church being transported to the outback? Has anyone seen the film with Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett?
It was a bit of a disappointment 2 years ago when they gave the prize to Harold Pinter. I think Tom Stoppard is a much superior playwright (Coast of Utopia, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, Indian Ink) and - many people don't know this - a scriptwriter. He wrote (and co-wrote) the scripts for Empire of the Sun (Spielberg), The Russia House (John Le Carre novel), Shakespeare in Love (won best script Oscar) and The Bourne Ultimatum.
Chinua Achebe would be a great choice just for sheer prolific output. The prize would also lend a voice to African literature which remains unread except in academic circles. I've actually never heard of Derek Walcott before he received the prize. I was proud to have my picture taken beside his bust in Castries, St. Lucia two years ago. ▲ Collapse
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Roomy Naqvy
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TOPIC STARTER | Stoppard and Pinter | Oct 10, 2007 |
Marcus Malabad wrote: Eco has never really surpassed his Il Nome della Rosa and Kundera his Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí so it is likely they won't get the prize. If one of the criteria were a compendium of significant work then Mario Vargas Llosa, John Updike, Philip Roth and Margaret Atwood seem to be the frontrunners among the English/Spanish writers. I'd be glad if Peter Carey got it. Australian literature needs a boost...and some recognition. His Oscar and Lucinda is one of my favorite novels from the 90s. Remember the glass church being transported to the outback? Has anyone seen the film with Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett? It was a bit of a disappointment 2 years ago when they gave the prize to Harold Pinter. I think Tom Stoppard is a much superior playwright (Coast of Utopia, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, Indian Ink) and - many people don't know this - a scriptwriter. He wrote (and co-wrote) the scripts for Empire of the Sun (Spielberg), The Russia House (John Le Carre novel), Shakespeare in Love (won best script Oscar) and The Bourne Ultimatum. Chinua Achebe would be a great choice just for sheer prolific output. The prize would also lend a voice to African literature which remains unread except in academic circles. I've actually never heard of Derek Walcott before he received the prize. I was proud to have my picture taken beside his bust in Castries, St. Lucia two years ago.
I knew all that you told us about Stoppard! Well, I teach both Pinter and Stoppard and our Indian postgraduate students have a great problem studying.
Achebe is important... his junior contemporary Wole Soyinka got it and Achebe has long been known as the father of the African novel. He has inspired a number of people including Ben Okri, whom I heard publicly acknowledge that in a book reading years ago.
Llosa and Fuentes are always great names.
Roomy
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Özden Arıkan
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| I would give it to Ian McEwan | Oct 11, 2007 |
But I don't know who they'll give it to
Roth would be another choice... but then, there are many authors I haven't ever read in the list. (Who cares, I've read McEwan!)
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| I'd like it to be | Oct 11, 2007 |
I'm bad at guessing so I really have no idea who'll get it. But I'd like it to be Doris Lessing, without a doubt.
Most unlikely, not to say impossible, but someone worthy of the prize.
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| And the winner is... Doris Lessing | Oct 11, 2007 |
Aida Pons wrote:
I'm bad at guessing so I really have no idea who'll get it. But I'd like it to be Doris Lessing, without a doubt.
Most unlikely, not to say impossible, but someone worthy of the prize.
And Lessing it is! Voila!
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SITE LOCALIZER | Aida right on spot - congratulations! | Oct 11, 2007 |
But then there's 2008 and 2009 and on it goes - and candidates mentioned here will stay around. As will their books - bought myself 3 books at the airport while dropping off our business partner - it's such fun to buy new books ...
No Doris Lessing though - but let not my personal gout interfere.
[Edited at 2007-10-11 12:29]
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Roomy Naqvy
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TOPIC STARTER | very interesting | Oct 11, 2007 |
Great news.
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Completely irrelevant and ununteresting choice. She was good in the 70s but now she's just a bland writer fading away. Total dud in my opinion.
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I didn't know Doris Lessing was a candidate. I am happy to know that she got the Nobel, though.
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WOW!
But why now and not ages ago? I mean, is it because she's getting old and chances of her wining might not happen again? I any case, I'm SO pleased. She's definitely one of my most favourite writers. Yipeeeeeeee!
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Roomy Naqvy
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TOPIC STARTER | views on the choice | Oct 11, 2007 |
Marcus Malabad wrote:
Completely irrelevant and ununteresting choice. She was good in the 70s but now she's just a bland writer fading away. Total dud in my opinion.
To be honest, I haven't read much of Doris Lessing; we did have a small passage we taught as compulsory English textbook. She is a name I have heard. Not someone who would make me go out and rush to buy the book. But that is something one does rarely these days. Yes, I knew My Name is Red when Pamuk got it and I was so excited... I went to the Nobel website, heard Pamuk's phone interview--I wanted to listen to his voice. I found out an earlier interview with Time and gave a quote to my wife who worked with a newspaper. Then I gave extracts of Pamuk's Nobel acceptance speech to my translation students to read and to comprehend the import of his words. I knew My Name is Red when Pamuk got the prize but I got Snow and The Black Book after the prize.
I think that palpable excitement is missing.
Roomy
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