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Tag Archives: Nobel Prize
Enough about Naipaul the man — read his books
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. — V.S. Naipaul, A Bend In the River (1979) Pardon me for breathing! And make no mistake — the … Continue reading
Posted in arts, fiction, globalization, history, mainstream media, terrorism
Tagged A Bend In the River, Guerrillas, Nobel Prize, The world is what it is, Trinidad, V.S. Naipaul
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Dylan’s reaction to the big prize was… Dylanesque
“Philip Roth just bought an acoustic guitar.” That’s what novelist Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers, posted on Facebook soon after it was announced that Bob Dylan had won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Perrotta was either taking a shot … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, James Wolcott, Nobel Prize, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Terry Gross, Tom Perrotta, William Faulkner
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