Nabokov, Neruda and Borges revealed as losers of 1965 Nobel prize http://trib.al/uVyA83G

[Mark Sacha]

To be fair, I'd be the bower in most instances. And I would
imagine Sholokhov isn't exactly flying off the shelves. As for lasting,
well, I'm perpetually terrified of the things I lose the moment they pass
my eyes, to say nothing of the things I've never experienced. Which is damn
near everything.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> nice points and I bow acknowledging my bloating ignorance
> ......I haven't read him, although I've owned a paperback copy of AND
> QUIET all my life....
>
> MY lit crit/academic canonical circles of what has lasted are narrow,
> I'm sure.....
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Although I would never have picked him over the competition, I have to
> stand
> > up for Sholokhov... the people he wrote about didn't last, and I for one
> > think he did them a service. Recently retranslated as well, usually a
> sign
> > of staying power.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> in what ways?.....Sholokov was the wrong choice now or later....hasn't
> >> lasted....
> >> They have always wanted to choose THE BEST of the world.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Johnny Myers <jtmyers586 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > To be fair, the Nobel Prize's definition was restrictive and very
> >> > particular about literature... Which explains why James Joyce lost,
> too.
> >> >
> >> > Johnny
> >> >
> >> >> On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:02, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Nabokov, Neruda and Borges revealed as losers of 1965 Nobel prize
> >> >> http://trib.al/uVyA83G
> >> >> -
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