Nobel to Orhan Pamuk

[bekah]

I've noticed in recent years that there is a tendency to award the 
Nobel in literature to authors who are  write about their country. 
Camus was pretty young when he got it too, but I don't remember his 
age.  I think he was in his 40s.

 From the Nobel website:  
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/index.html
Pamuk -  "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native 
city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of 
cultures"


This blurb is referring to Pamuk's  "Istanbul"  which I read sometime 
last year and which was not particularly political.   It was more of 
a literary history and travelogue.    It was pretty good, at least I 
enjoyed it, but I've read several of Pamuk's novels (The New Life, 
My Name is Red, Snow)  and Istanbul provided some insight into where 
those works came from -  Pamuk's mind and soul.    I'd really like to 
read The White Castle.   Snow was Kafkaesque but with love and humor.

There are probably many authors in the world who could have got the 
award,  but in spite of his age,  Pamuk has written quite a few very 
good and noteworthy books and is highly regarded in the literary 
community.

Bekah


At 2:17 PM +0300 10/12/06, Ya Sam wrote:
>Politics again...
>Although, better Pamuk than some obscure poets. My two-pennywoth: he 
>still has to earn it.  Being a relatively young author, he will be 
>able to produce some great literature.
>
>>From: "Tore Rye Andersen" <torerye at hotmail.com>
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Nobel to Orhan Pamuk
>>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:02:52 +0200
>>
>>And the Nobel goes to... Orhan Pamuk
>>
>>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/
>>
>
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