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Tomorrow is the big day. Let's wish /ourguy/ good luck.

>> No.13965582

>>13965572
that's not a poc woman

>> No.13965588
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13965588

it's today: my timezone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your timezone
you posted the wrong pic btw, let me correct you

>> No.13965591

>>13965582
I don't even know what that porn tag even means.

>> No.13965655

Toni Morrison will win

>> No.13965662

>>13965655
0/10 bait

>> No.13965668

>>13965662
To be fair I hadn't realized she won, but I wouldn't be completely surprised if she won it again ahahahah

>> No.13965673

>>13965668
she won already and dead people can't get nobels

>> No.13965674

>>13965673
That's not true at all. Dead people win all the time.

>> No.13965683

>>13965674
Examples? In Nobel for Literature, I mean.

>> No.13965838

>>13965683
Toni Morrison, tomorrow.

>> No.13965847

>>13965572
where is the houellebecq joker edit

>> No.13965909

My money is on SALMAN RUSHDIE

>> No.13965914

>>13965909
Salman Rushdie is still alive??

>> No.13965926

>>13965914
yes he is in witness protection though, goes by the name nassim taleb

>> No.13965935

>>13965838
kek

>> No.13965939

>>13965914
saw him on MSNBC yesterday promoting his new hackjob

>> No.13966182

>>13965939
he's a tv host now??

>> No.13966335

>>13965572
2018: H Murakami
2019: Woman of the african persuation

>> No.13966844

JON FOSSE GANG ASSEMBLE

>> No.13966878

>>13966335
This.

>> No.13966880

>>13966335
>>13966878
>Murakami
lol

>> No.13966885

>>13965572
So non-white male and white female?

>> No.13966897

Anyone got a torrent or actual file of Ducks, Newburyport? Asking for my greedy self, although I will pass it along.

>> No.13966912

>>13966335
I will eat my own hymen if Murakami wins, there’s no fucking way.

>> No.13966917

>>13965572
obviously it's going to rupi kaur

>> No.13966920

>>13966335
murakami is basically the comfiest writer of all time but he does NOT deserve the nobel prize

>> No.13966928

>>13966897
>>13963699

>> No.13966931

>>13966897
>>13966928

The epub for that book grinds my ereader to a halt. The lack of sentences seems to cause it, and Calibre won't convert it to smaller files as that also uses sentences to split. Think I'll need to edit it to sprinkle some full stops/periods throughout so I can reconvert it.

>> No.13966932

>>13965668
>>13965673
If the Hugos can do It, Nobel prize can too. Observe.
>>13965926
Kek that would be an awesome twist

>> No.13966935

>>13966912
Season to taste.

>> No.13966941

One of the writers will be a Jew. 100%. They're running out of people this year since they gave most of the science prizes to whites.
They need to keep the lie going.

>> No.13966947

>>13965572
My money's on McCarthy or Krasznahorkai, and >>13965588 getting snubbed yet again
Either that or a diversity token

>> No.13966952

>>13966931
Weird, it seemed fine on my kindle. Can't check it anymore because I already threw it awa: it really is a nauseous drivel not worth anyone's time.

>> No.13966957

Academy member Anders Olsson said they looked for a more diverse shortlist this year and were moving away from a more "male-oriented" and "Eurocentric perspective of literature".

Oh no...

>> No.13966971

>>13966957
It will probably go to some negro for an outstanding Twitter feed

>> No.13966986
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13966986

>>13966957
Like pottery

>> No.13967004

>>13966957
aw shet here comes Margaret Atwood's prize

>> No.13967046

Reading Atomized right now. It does have some interesting ideas (nothing i haven't heard before) but i honestly think it's absolute trash, some of the worst dialogue i have ever seen.

>> No.13967053

>>13967046
stop reading translations.

>> No.13967355

>>13967046
read his poetry (in french obvs)

>> No.13967496

So where to begin with Handke?

Not sure i want to read Olga.

>> No.13967843

>>13967053
It literally wouldn't matter what language it's in. Most of it is just one character giving a big long monologue or giving some fucking autistic scientific explanation about everything they happen to mention in casual conversation.

>> No.13967868

>>13966957
>two euroslimes

>> No.13967931

>>13967355
I have read his poetry in French, it's close to the Platonic ideal of "subpar".

>> No.13968007

>>13967496
>The fear of the goalkeeper... with which he got famous
or
>Short letter... a love story in the middle of his oeuvre
or
>Wim Wender coproductions and movies (like everyone else)

>> No.13968230

>>13966844
NY NORSK chads @ at