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Shocking! Nobel Prize in Literature won by European…
who?
The recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature has just been announced. I read the announcement, expecting to be able to say that I agreed with their selection, or that I didn’t. 99% of the time I have at least heard of the person. Not this time though.
If you have heard of this author before today then you follow the book world a lot more closely than I do. Have you ever heard of this woman?
Vick Mickunas
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By irishguy
October 9, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this
Shocking!! Barak Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize???By irishguy
October 8, 2009 6:10 PM | Link to this
Outside of Vlad the Impaler and Orphans, I can’t name anything Romanian.By vick
October 8, 2009 5:54 PM | Link to this
And she is not Irish-they have some fabulous writers in Ireland. Romania? Who knew?By irishguy
October 8, 2009 5:47 PM | Link to this
Shocking! Nobel Prize in Literature won by an Anti-Communist..Sehr Gut!By Insider
October 8, 2009 12:55 PM | Link to this
Amazon doesn’t have it in English. No doubt they will eventually. I don’t read French that fluently. Thanks.By vick
October 8, 2009 12:05 PM | Link to this
Insider, the author is from Romania but she is of German descent. The article explains: “Most of Mueller’s work is in German, but some works have been translated into English, French and Spanish, including ”The Passport,” ”The Land of Green Plums,” ”Traveling on One Leg” and ”The Appointment.”….(NY Times/Oct. 8, 2009)By Insider
October 8, 2009 11:26 AM | Link to this
I might like it. It isn’t in English, is it? (Kosinski’s “The Painted Bird” was one of my favorites.) But I usually just read paranormal now.