Re: China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize

[Erik T. Burns]

I'd be one of the last people to complain about literature being rewarded
for being complex.
But how does Jonathan Franzen feel about it?



On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:55 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/chinese-fiction-writer-mo-yan-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature/2012/10/11/ca4795a2-13a0-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html
>
> The WP article convincingly connects his writing to GGM's magic
> realism.  The only (tenuouis) WF connection I can surmise is his
> confronting prevalent social pressures of China.
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's not the most tenuous pairing of names I've ever encountered.
> They're both renowned for their fragmentary narratives.
>
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