Alice Munro - Nobel Prize for Literature

[Josephus]

Doesn't seem like a very deep field.

You be surprised. the shit runs deep but there are some diamonds.

Timothy Findlay. Michael Ondatjee (he was just starting when I was in school);  Mordechai Richler..

[Malthus]

Doesn't seem like a very deep field.

You be surprised. the shit runs deep but there are some diamonds.

Timothy Findlay. Michael Ondatjee (he was just starting when I was in school);  Mordechai Richler..

He's trolling you.

[Jacob]

He's trolling you.

Why so hostile?

[Malthus]

He's trolling you.

Why so hostile?

[Barrister]

Canadian literature is far, far better than Canadian tv/movies.

Have to admit I have not read any Alice Munro however.

[Ed Anger]

Canadian literature is far, far better than Canadian tv/movies.

Have to admit I have not read any Alice Munro however.

Oh dear god, Canuck TV/movies.

[Barrister]

Canadian literature is far, far better than Canadian tv/movies.

Have to admit I have not read any Alice Munro however.

Oh dear god, Canuck TV/movies.

Agreed.

[CountDeMoney]

On a related note, which literary prize do y'all consider the most prestigious?

Nobel's pretty big on the international front.  So many literary prizes are language-specific, so I would think in the US a Pulitzer would be just as prestigious, or one of the fancy PEN awards, but there are bigger and more prestigious awards like the Booker that would never be awarded to an American. 

[Ed Anger]

AVN "best cumshot to the face".

[CountDeMoney]

Oh dear god, Canuck TV/movies.

Agreed.

Don't be bustin' on Da Vinci's Inquest  

[Sheilbh]

So many literary prizes are language-specific, so I would think in the US a Pulitzer would be just as prestigious, or one of the fancy PEN awards, but there are bigger and more prestigious awards like the Booker that would never be awarded to an American.

The Booker's for British and Commonwealth authors. I believe from this year they'll also have American entrants. I hope it doesn't drown out other voices though.

[CountDeMoney]

So many literary prizes are language-specific, so I would think in the US a Pulitzer would be just as prestigious, or one of the fancy PEN awards, but there are bigger and more prestigious awards like the Booker that would never be awarded to an American.

The Booker's for British and Commonwealth authors. I believe from this year they'll also have American entrants. I hope it doesn't drown out other voices though.

That's what they say.  I'll believe it when I see it.

[Sheilbh]

That's what they say.  I'll believe it when I see it.

Personally I'm not keen on Americans being allowed to enter either

[CountDeMoney]

That's what they say.  I'll believe it when I see it.

Personally I'm not keen on Americans being allowed to enter either

I wouldn't accept it anyway, pal.  So there.  Nyah.

[Eddie Teach]

Hugo!