tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post3962599722551458633..comments2024-02-25T17:01:10.739+13:00Comments on World of the Written Word: Laureate slams Nobel winnerWorld of the Written Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-50785846448491097872012-11-26T15:51:33.474+13:002012-11-26T15:51:33.474+13:00Once you have read it, would you write a guest rev...Once you have read it, would you write a guest review? That would be wonderful.World of the Written Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-87435850445737376782012-11-26T11:47:01.004+13:002012-11-26T11:47:01.004+13:00I've just started reaading one of his books, I...I've just started reaading one of his books, I purchased (downloaded) it before all of this came out. I have been reading some Chinese authors as background for my WIP. Read about this hoopla in the New York Times Review of Books. Hard for us to knock censorship when we effectively don't have it, don't know what its like. For some reason I'm reminded of a novel, Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro (who also wrote Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go) The issue in Artist of the Floating World wasn't so much censorship as propaganda. At any rate, controversy over books and literary prizes is a good thing. Linda Collisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184486912118207613noreply@blogger.com