In issue 6 of The Book Club Review weekend Phil Chaffee joins me from New York to consider that most august of literary prizes, the Nobel. The excellence of the winners isn’t really in contention, what we’re more curious about is the Swedes who get to decide. Is it right that we give their opinion so much weight? Join us for an exploratory deep dive and find out a few of our favourites from the canon. We finish, as ever, with a quick turn through currently reading corner.
Kate: In recent book news, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Han Kang, author of many books, of which The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts and Greek Lessons have been translated into English. The judges praised her 'intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.'
They said she has 'a unique awareness of the living and the dead and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.'
It was good news for her book sales. Acc…
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