Gerald Howard on Delillo's Nobel
Jochen Stremmel
jstremmel at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 16:43:57 UTC 2020
On 2nd thought, that Howard article is bullshit, as much as the Nobel
itself or perhaps a little more. That title alone.
Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2020 um 18:34 Uhr schrieb Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
> I'm with those singing "It Ain't Him, Babe".,.....
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:32 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > there's no arguing that but man was Peter Handke a terrible choice.
> Delillo
> > probably doesnt much care. Hopefully we get one more book from him. He
> said
> > he was writing something that takes place 3 yrs hence but who knows now
> > with covid--I'm guessing our current dilemma has upended a number of
> > projects
> >
> > rich
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:05 PM Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I should have said white western MALE authors
> > >
> > > And with good reason - we can all compile our own list of great writers
> > > who didn’t receive the Nobel, and women are particularly
> > underrepresented.
> > > John Galsworthy but not Virginia Woolf?
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I think De Lillo deserves it but I also think the Nobel committee are
> > >> likely conscious of over representing white Western authors, so I
> doubt
> > he
> > >> will win it this year, especially as Handke was awarded it in 2019.
> > >>
> > >> Same reason McCarthy, Kundera, Stoppard and indeed TRP are unlikely to
> > >> win it this year.
> > >>
> > >> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> »richly«, yes?
> > >>>
> > >>> Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2020 um 16:53 Uhr schrieb rich <
> > richard.romeo at gmail.com
> > >>> >:
> > >>>
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> >
> https://www.bookforum.com/print/2701/why-don-delillo-deserves-the-nobel-23926
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Why Don DeLillo deserves the Nobel
> > >>> > GERALD HOWARD <https://www.bookforum.com/contributor/gerald-howard
> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Do you find it as obvious as I do that Don DeLillo richly deserves
> to
> > >>> > receive the Nobel Prize in Literature? And right away, as in this
> > year?
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