Re: China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize

[Markekohut]

C'mon....a little too too, no?  If the writer of this makes a mistake it doesn't follow that
The award was made for political reasons.

I know almost nothing about him either but I have learned what may be intended...it is
complexly recreating a whole way of life, finding the universal in a rooted region---.common in an abstract way about WF & GGM, no?

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On Oct 11, 2012, at 10:14 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/books/nobel-literature-prize.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0
> 
> “Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social
> perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity
> of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel García
> Márquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese
> literature and in oral tradition,” the citation for the award
> declared, striking what seemed a careful balance after campaigns of
> vilification against other Chinese Nobel laureates.
> 
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> 
> WF & GGM cited as "reminiscently complex?"  The two have nearly
> nothing in common.  In other words, political tripe as justification
> for the award (not that I know whether he's deserving of it or not).
> 
> David Morris