October 07
2004
Elfriede Jelinek

I don't think I'll be troubling Amazon for the works of the new Nobel Laureate.


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I look forward to her acceptance speech. I wonder whether she'll better Jose "Ramallah is Auschwitz" Saramago.

Stated by: Martin Morgan on October 8, 2004 11:14 AM

She won't accept in person as she's got a "social phobia". She's written anti-American plays but she also put the boot into Jorg Haider and the Freedom Party. Why won't these pesky writers fit into FreeRepublic.com pigeonholes?

The Nobel Prize has come a long way down since Kipling got it before he was 40.

Stated by: Effra on October 8, 2004 11:54 AM

And your point is what exactly, Effra? (Sorry to be both pesky and dense).

Stated by: Jody Tresidder on October 8, 2004 2:31 PM
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