nameraka
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Date Registered: Sept 15, 2016 20:53:36 GMT -6
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Post by nameraka on Oct 9, 2016 20:46:13 GMT -6
as much as i'd love to see him win the nobel, i don't think it will ever happen.
he isn't political and his work just isn't boring enough.
reasons i'm wrong?
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chapsthedude
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Date Registered: Sept 14, 2016 13:43:31 GMT -6
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Post by chapsthedude on Oct 11, 2016 7:50:02 GMT -6
My introduction to him was through 1Q84. I'm hoping he gets recognition soon because that was a brilliant book, but I'm not sure how finicky they get about his work
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nameraka
Scarecrow
Posts: 42
Date Registered: Sept 15, 2016 20:53:36 GMT -6
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Post by nameraka on Oct 11, 2016 20:37:03 GMT -6
recent history of the nobel committee is to select highly political authors that few people have heard of in order to raise their profile.
murakami sells like stephen king in japan and routinely makes the ny times bestseller list stateside. i don't give him much of a chance, but i'd love to see him get the recognition he deserves.
also, just because fiction isn't overtly political, doesn't mean it isn't important. i happen to think there are a lot more important things in this world than politics...
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