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2008-10-01 Europe

Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete

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Posted by Spaish Flomble3461 2008-10-01 09:26|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 It regularly faces accusations of snobbery,

Can't imagine why...

Posted by Raj 2008-10-01 09:49|| 2008-10-01 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I wouldn't wipe my ass with many of the books that they call "literature". Political propaganda is a better word for it. The Nobel prize has the stain of elitism upon it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-01 10:10|| 2008-10-01 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, well something else to lose sleep over.
Well, not really...

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-01 10:12|| 2008-10-01 10:12|| Front Page Top

#4 With all due respect, who the hell can even name a recent winner (within the past 5 years) of the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-10-01 10:41|| 2008-10-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 There was that really anti-American Indian woman, Cornsilk Blondie...Aryat something might be her name. Writes as if she's up for a BA in creative writing, and it's her seniour thesis.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-01 10:59|| 2008-10-01 10:59|| Front Page Top

#6 The Harry Potter author wins the most valuable prize.

People who actually want to buy what she produced!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-10-01 11:18|| 2008-10-01 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 There was that really anti-American Indian woman, Cornsilk Blondie...Aryat something might be her name. Writes as if she's up for a BA in creative writing, and it's her senior thesis.

That's the core of being successful at winning a Nobel trailing wife.

Confess how Coarse and Unsophisticated the USA is. Add to your critique at least a liter of Snotty Snobbery illustrating how illiterate and Uncultured the Fat-Arsed Americans are.

In other werds grovel and apologize to the elite EYourpeans about breathing their air.

Posted by RD">RD 2008-10-01 11:36|| 2008-10-01 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 And who could forget Rigoberta Menchu?

Posted by Fred 2008-10-01 11:53|| 2008-10-01 11:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, RD. But then you could try a more practical approach and write something that people actually wanna read enough to plunk down a few bucks for it.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-10-01 11:58|| 2008-10-01 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Look for Obama to win it the week before the election.

Posted by Darrell 2008-10-01 13:22|| 2008-10-01 13:22|| Front Page Top

#11 People who actually want to buy what she produced!

Damn that economic democracy where people vote with their wallets rather than listening to their academic literary betters.

Posted by SteveS 2008-10-01 13:37|| 2008-10-01 13:37|| Front Page Top

#12 I'd like to recommend Al Gore Jr.'s "Earth in the Balance" to the Scandi Twat Committee: It was good enough for the other twats.

Posted by Uleth Guelph1169 2008-10-01 22:08|| 2008-10-01 22:08|| Front Page Top

#13 "And who could forget Rigoberta Menchu?"

~~Who?~~ I can, Fred. ;-p

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