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  1. Thread: Nobel 2009

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    They posted the odds for this years Nobel:...

    They posted the odds for this years Nobel:
    (Oates inclusion is a joke, NO Antonio Lobo Antunes, and the closest thing to a North American poet listed is Dylan!)

    Amos Oz 5.00
    Assia Djebar 6.00...
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    I acknowledge then we have differing opinions on...

    I acknowledge then we have differing opinions on the value of the movie DPS... Then IMO,Your opinion of it is narrowed to a sensitivity and defensive reaction as to regards to your realm study (which...
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    IMHO, Dead Poets Society should be shown in every...

    IMHO, Dead Poets Society should be shown in every HS english class room in America. I showed my 16 yr old daughter this movie after discovering her honors english teacher is assassinating her...
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    Just finished the novel I mentioned in my above...

    Just finished the novel I mentioned in my above post: Rituals by Cees Nooteboom. I would highly recommend this novel, as it is a "big question" book...read it now and you can say you were reading him...
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    I read a lot of contemporary world literary...

    I read a lot of contemporary world literary fiction. What Blaze of Glory says is pretty spot on. There are certainly works that have characters and/or narrators that explore existential themes, but I...
  6. Thread: W.G. Sebald

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    Sebald is a wonderful writer and major voice of...

    Sebald is a wonderful writer and major voice of Post WWII Fiction. Austerlitz and Vertigo also bear reading.He was not prolific, as he died suddenly in a car wreck in the UK.
  7. Thread: Nobel 2009

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    I am also a Munro fan and would be happy if she...

    I am also a Munro fan and would be happy if she takes the Nobel. As I mentioned, the list is my (probably) overpriveleged opinion of Nobel winning chances.

    If I made a list of writers based on my...
  8. Thread: Nobel 2009

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    Much discussion regarding this on WLF. Also am...

    Much discussion regarding this on WLF. Also am reading (and reviewing) 2009 Nobel contenders.*

    The Ladbrokes UK betting site usually posts odds each year (not as of this post tho)

    If I were to...
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    I am not worthy *kneels lowers-raises arms in...

    I am not worthy *kneels lowers-raises arms in suplicating motion*

    Ricks and Badiou's secondary Beckett lit crit are names that were given to me by a Beckett worshipper I respect (a published poet...
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    This thread touches a 'sensitive spot' for me, as...

    This thread touches a 'sensitive spot' for me, as I gave up on lit 25 years ago, and I even took my degree in comparative literature. I was "saved" and have jumped back in. This explains why my TBR...
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    The Slynx-- Tatyana Tolstaya In The Skin Of A...

    The Slynx-- Tatyana Tolstaya
    In The Skin Of A Lion-- Michael Ondaatje
    Aura-- Carlos Fuentes
    A Wild Sheep Chase-- Haruki Murakami
    No Longer at Ease-- Chinua Achebe
    The Ghost Writer-- Philip Roth...
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    The Literarary Fiction "discovery" of the 20th...

    The Literarary Fiction "discovery" of the 20th century for me was when Penguin's Voces from the Other Europe first published Poland's Bruno Schulz' collection Street of Crocodiles all stories are...
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    Most fascinating (not necessarily my favorite)...

    Most fascinating (not necessarily my favorite) characters? hmm...for me it would be

    The Judge--Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

    Duchess Gina Sanseverina-- Stendahls' The Charterhouse of Parma...
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    Two 'Writer's writer' Novellas; The Duel--...

    Two 'Writer's writer' Novellas;

    The Duel-- Anton Chekhov

    The Pederson Kid-- William H. Gass


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    Just read (and reviewed on blog) Roth's The Ghost...

    Just read (and reviewed on blog) Roth's The Ghost Writer... I'm officially impressed. (had only read his Goodbye Columbus before)

    What Roth novel should I read next?

    What Delilo should one read...
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    From the category of World Lit in...

    From the category of World Lit in translation--Post WWII Classics:

    Too Loud a Solitude-- Bohumil Hrabal

    Closely Watched Trains-- Bohumil Hrabal

    A Chess Story-- Stefan Zweig

    The above are...
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    Which we have to assume he wants to read living...

    Which we have to assume he wants to read living authors...

    Which of your suggestions would eliminate all but :



    And:
  18. 1) Your post is the most interesting I have ever...

    1) Your post is the most interesting I have ever read on this forum.

    2) This is likely not the forum for your expressions. I am not saying it won't be understood or appreciated by at least some...
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    Well there is only one World Lit forum...

    Well there is only one World Lit forum, but its pretty comprehensive and would answer your question.

    Among the current discussions are the 2009 Nobel Prize candidates. One would assume the ones...
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    All mentioned I agree fit the "house top...

    All mentioned I agree fit the "house top shoutable" category. (thanks for the reminders to dig up and read Tolstoy's novellas!)

    I will throw out a more contemporary novel by the Russian/French...
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    And that should wrap up a thread that has a...

    And that should wrap up a thread that has a ridiculous (sorry, not meant as a personal attack on the op) premise for a question. If you approach art with a pre-judgement, a personal axiom of what...
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    Poll: How about Osman Lins...Queen of the Prisons of...

    How about Osman Lins...Queen of the Prisons of Greece and Avolovara ?

    I have several well read aquaintances who recommended those two novels.



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    They must be my favorites too, since if I reflect...

    They must be my favorites too, since if I reflect back specific to characters in the last 100 or so works of literature I have read since a re-reading of Don Quixote, NONE stand out in memory like...
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    how can one not love a forum that has a thread...

    how can one not love a forum that has a thread that gives these three writers equal consideration...


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    Poll: Really? There are a fair amount of respected...

    Really? There are a fair amount of respected authors who hold her in pretty high regard. Never read her personally, but I have practically every novel of hers available in translation and just need...
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