tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post5337211092524326027..comments2023-10-06T04:18:54.624-07:00Comments on The Thinking Mom: Fruit PornMama Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14578671612046643493noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post-52967536347233854172007-02-14T11:28:00.000-08:002007-02-14T11:28:00.000-08:00Well, actually, it's really a who's who of INTERNA...Well, actually, it's really a who's who of INTERNATIONAL literature. Looking through the list, I know more than 50% of the recipients (umm, Sully Prudhomme excluded...)<BR/><BR/>I'll grant you that there's lots of misery going on in serious literature, and that isn't always fun to read or, shall we say, "a rousing endorsement" of readability. <BR/><BR/>Apparently one guy on the committee quit when Jelinek was chosen because he saw her work as only "well-written porn". <BR/><BR/>What's scarier, apparently a lot of the things in Jelinek's books are autobiographical. YIKES.Mama Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578671612046643493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post-29015755996437730262007-02-13T17:57:00.000-08:002007-02-13T17:57:00.000-08:00Oh, and for the record, the Nobel Prize for Litera...Oh, and for the record, the Nobel Prize for Literature isn't necessarily a rousing endorsement. They tend to give it to people who write about miserable folk a lot. Obscure people who write about miserable people. Seriously, of the last 30 people to win the award, I recognize three names: Saul Bellow, William Golding, and Toni Morrison. Well, four, since I recognize Harold Pinter only because I did a blog piece on his appalling acceptance speech. And I'm a reasonably well-read person.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, the Nobel Committee seems to value "intellectualosity" (I just made that up), a bleak outlook on mankind, leftward politics and actually writing ability in about equal measures when assessing their award recipients.Nick W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17073588306228189374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post-36644185431181217672007-02-13T17:45:00.000-08:002007-02-13T17:45:00.000-08:00Though it is a way to drive up your site stats. ;-...Though it is a way to drive up your site stats. ;->Nick W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17073588306228189374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post-78537243991674282382007-02-10T09:07:00.000-08:002007-02-10T09:07:00.000-08:00OY. I was afraid of that!OY. I was afraid of that!Mama Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578671612046643493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35059537.post-82767285161231082322007-02-09T17:40:00.000-08:002007-02-09T17:40:00.000-08:00It's only a matter of time now before you start ge...It's only a matter of time now before you start getting hundreds of hits from men (or women, for that matter) googling "fruit porn". . . .Terrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522559388363137399noreply@blogger.com