Saturday, October 13, 2007
some unread books by Doris Lessing
When I tried to follow literature in some way I decided
to try and read something by the person who won the
Nobel Prize in literature for that year. The first year I
tried this I read "A Personal Matter" by Kenzaburo Oe.
I thought the book was fantastic, but the review
of the book on Amazon makes me feel like a crude guy.
The next year a poet won the Nobel prize in literature,
so I easily gave up on my quest for self improvement.
This year Doris Lessing has won the Nobel prize in Literature. I
already own two Lessing books: The good terrorist and the golden
notebook. Needless to say I had not read either of them. Now that my
half shattered brain is rested enough, I think I can blast through
some new books. We shall see.
I am pleased that Lessing has won the prize, because she
has a streak of science fiction in her. Anyway I just glad
that nasty Salmon Rushdie didn't win. He is too loved by
the literary establishment, and I didn't get "Midnight's Children"
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