Well, the speculation is finally over.
No Philip Roth, no Alice Munro, no Murakami, no, heavens forbid, Bob Dylan ;o)
Instead the Swedish Academy chose a Chinese writer that the Chinese government is actually proud of.
Hmm, not sure if that's a good thing or not. He seems to write mostly historical novels, so I guess those can be apolitical...i guess.
Still, will refrain from any preconceptions about him and I look forward to reading him sometime within the next Nobel year. I thought I knew for sure which of his books to read - Big Breasts and Wide Hips (teehee) - but seeing as it's 500+ pp., maybe I'll end up picking up something else. We shall see.
Now onwards to the reading!
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