Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio? I feel so insular (and Anglophone/-phile) but I had to go look him up.
Lengthy discussion on why the US hasn’t received a Nobel Prize in Literature for some time (parts of the discussion isn’t terribly well-informed but some people do make great points). The Literary Saloon weighs in with a very, very authoritative voice and they should also be your one-stop read for reactions to Le Clezio’s win.
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Wow … I have ACTUALLY read something of his (Desert). Didn’t much care for it, thought it was a little on the boring side. But then again I have never been big on french authors (not that I have read several hundred of them, but I think that all the ones I have read I was quite underwhelmed by).
Posted 09 Oct 2008 at 7:24 pm ¶Oh, Ken. You’re so damn in the know :p
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