Thursday, October 6, 2011

Why American novelists don’t deserve the Nobel Prize

“The very world around them, as beautifully as they see and describe it, seems to exist for them only insofar as it evokes impressions and associations and emotions inside the self.”


TUESDAY, OCT 4, 2011 4:30 AM SGT

Why American novelists don’t deserve the Nobel Prize

An American hasn't won in 20 years. The Academy finds our writers insular and self-involved -- and they're right

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