Les Bienveillantes

[pynchonoid]

[...] Mr. Littell, 39, who has tried to escape the
circus atmosphere surrounding his sudden celebrity,
even refusing to appear on television to promote his
novel, recently moved to Barcelona and did not come to
Paris for today’s announcement.

“He hopes his absence will not be misunderstood or,
even less, be interpreted as disdain for the jury,”
his French publisher, Antoine Gallimard, told
reporters here. “He has no need for publicity, both
out of modesty and because he believes that literature
is not part of show business, that what’s important is
the book.” [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/books/07gonc.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


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