Re: China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize

[David Morris]

Just saying that the description/justification makes no sense.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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