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617295 No.617295 [Reply] [Original]

What does the Man Booker Prize mean to Americans? I mean, the prize is fucking huge for English speaking authors, but recipients are only in the Commonwealth, so no American could win it.

But when you see a Peter Carey novel (one of only two authors to win it twice) or Ian McEwan, does the Booker Prize mean anything to you? Cause everywhere else it sells books.

>> No.617304 [DELETED] 

Only Oprah and the NYT Bestseller! meme sells books in the US.

>> No.617305

Only Oprah and the NYT Bestseller! forced meme sells books in the US.

>> No.617310

>>617305
Don't forget children's books!

>> No.617312

Well, I'm sure there are a lot of Americans who did read Life of Pi, Midnight's Children and The English Patient.

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>>617295
I don't read books based on the awards they won. I read them for their content.

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>>617316

>Trolling with Twilight
>Why does Anon even bother