/lit/ - Literature

>>7210567
It is a sad day.

>>7210567
/lit/ will never approve of any Nobel prize winners because we only read entry level meme classics and are completely clueless when it comes to the contemporaries. This fucking happens every year, get over it

>>7211249
I will never approve of a woman winning. It reeks of political overtones from the SJW

>>7211249
>entry level meme classic
It's sad that anyone here thinks this is a thing that actually exists in reality

>>7211249
Everyone, not just /lit/, bitches about the obscurity of Nobel winners. It is perfectly normal to complain that a Belarusian non-fiction writer won.

>>7211264
It should have been a poet. I would have been happy with Adunis, even though I'd prefer John Ashbery or Nicanor Parra

>>7211264
>Why didn't my favorite mem author win it?
If you think obscurity is a valif argument, you should be finde with Gurm or Greene getting it tbh fam

>>7211249
Basically, the committee is just too patrician for /lit/

>/lit/ is for the discussion of literature. If you want to talk about politics, go to /pol/.
Sticky confirms the Nobel for literally irrelevant

>>7211256
Considering half the population illegitimate candidates by default reeks of chauvinist ideology and nothing else.

**BELARUS STRONK**

So what notable books has Literally Who written?

>>7211793
Some collections of interviews. That's about it.

Damn, again I didn't win

>>7211807
Better luck next year, Piney.

>>7211810
Thanks. I guess I should move to some shitty country and write about their corrupt government and some human rights and peace stuff

>>7211264
The writer in question has sold several millions of copies over the decades of her carreer. Her obscurity is less a matter of obscurity and more a matter of your lack of study on the subjects she has worked with. If you were to explore the Soviet Afghan War, women on the frontlines of World War II, or the Tchernobyl disaster, you would encounter her name on the surface take.

C'mon, now. They don't give nobel prizes for young adult fantasy literature or objectivist poplit. Of course she'd be obscure for an audience that doesn't cope well with real-world subjects.

>>7211830

>>7211849
I'm bitching about this just as much as anyone (and not necessarily because of obscurity), but I don't see how that post is bait.

>>7211852
I had a response prepared for this question, but I changed my mind; I feel like what I'm going to post here is more fun because it's interactive with the reader.

The writer in question has sold several millions of copies over the decades of her carreer. Her obscurity is less a matter of obscurity and more a matter of your lack of study on the subjects she has worked with. If you were to explore _______, contemporary _____, or ____________, you would encounter her name on the surface take.

C'mon, now. They don't give nobel prizes for _________ or _________. Of course she'd be obscure for an audience that doesn't cope well with ______ subjects.

>>7211866
So the post is bait because it says she's famous for doing work on specific topics. Alright.

>>7211883
It's bait because it doesn't contradict what the poster said; it's just a list of things.

>>7211894
It's a list of things for which she is famous, which contradicts the idea that she is obscure. She's also won a few major non-fiction and journalism awards.

>>7211745
academia is too patrish for /lit/. At best, we're a bunch of students who only have extensive knowledge on very specific, sporadic topics. It takes decades of reading and experience to become learned, and anyone that old and intelligent would know to stay the fuck away from places like these. For most of us, this board is a phase, and one we will grow out of eventually hopefully

>>7211927
Totally true. As soon as you've read 300 books that means you've leveled up to Literature Master, have no reason to train on /lit/ any more, and can move on to more advanced online dojos like worldliteratureforum.com and the literature blogosphere.

So what should I read by her?

Is it all heavy-handed war and social commentary? I'm not very interested in that.

The thing that gets me is she doesn't write anything.

Interviews and transcribes her dictaphone = nobel prize

Its like they had to give it to a woman this year and couldn't find a good one

>>7211992
It's all interviews with war participants and nuclear disaster victims.

>>7212001
I don't think she writes quesitons either.

>'tell us about Chernobyl,' *pushes record

>>7212005
Well that doesn't seem like literature.

>>7212001
They gave it to her because they felt it was a morally good decision.

>>7211992
>So what should I read by her?
Nothing. She's a journalist, for fuck's sake. Also, she's even a bad journalist -- she occasionally makes shit up, injects her own retarded ideology and doesn't cite sources.

She only won because politicians felt a lateral move against Russia was needed due to Russia beating ISIS. (She writes crackpot mouth-foaming pieces about the evils of Russian militarism, very useful at this point in time to certain important political circles.)

If only they had given it to Kapuscinski while he was still alive they could have fulfilled their journalist quota for the next 50 years

>>7212011
Well Nobel was an atom bomb guy wasn't he?

You see, her writings are POLYPHONIC because they include testimony from MULTIPLE interviewees

>>7210567
PULITZER PRIZE

>>7211249
>entry level meme classics

>>7212001
should've been ursula le guin

>>7210567
What I've read from her has real power. She is doing something worth taking notice of, about things that affect millions of people.

>>7212020
>Kapuscinski

He was a brilliant writer and a bad ass. Leagues above Alexievich.

>>7211894
The contradiction is there, plain to see. It seems to be more the added insult that is producing your reaction.

Still, the Zinky Boys is a good, horrifying read. Best of all, it's a collection of true stories - all the Russians dead in the story are really dead!

>>7210567
Who cares about the Nobel anyways.

>>7211249
I approved the fuck out of last year's choice. Modiano is god-tier. The biggest issue /lit/ has with him is their antisemitism.

>>7211866
10/10

>>7211989
You can always reset your stats and follow another path.

>>7212006
>'tell us about Chernobyl,' *pushes record
>why did they wear the masks

>>7211830
Yeah she isn't an obscure literary figure at all, you just have to be familiar with
the Soviet Afghan war.

>>7211830
>The writer in question has sold several millions of copies over the decades of her carreer

By that logic John Green should have won the Nobel fam.

fuck you guys, i've bought that chernobyl book so i can judge it for myself. it actually sounds pretty neat from the description

>>7214126
>>7211866

Always the people who complain are the people who don't actually read