I confess I have never heard of her. Jonte will have to add her to the list of authors to read. Does anyone know her work?
From what I have heard, she writes about german minorities in Romania, and oppression and stuff like that. Sounds very depressing, to me.
Perhaps one should sandwich her between two helpings of Pratchett?
Or, you know, she might be an excellent writer, and the topics might be boring but the story could be interesting anyway? I just read kertész, and holocaust stories are really boring. But the story was nice.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
/Literature: Herta Müller wins Nobel Prize of Literature
- 08/10/2009 12:37:31 PM
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Oh, I already added her. You are half an hour late. 
- 08/10/2009 01:10:57 PM
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- 08/10/2009 01:10:57 PM
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I am not familiar with her work either. Though the titles I have heard of before. *NM*
- 08/10/2009 03:11:15 PM
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neither myself nor my boyfriend who is from berlin know of her...
- 08/10/2009 05:15:45 PM
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Yep. Just keep selecting random people. It's not like there are writers who really deserve it. 
- 09/10/2009 03:35:15 AM
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- 09/10/2009 03:35:15 AM
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I doubt those are the criteria.
- 09/10/2009 09:08:09 AM
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The real criteria is as follows:
- 10/10/2009 01:38:12 AM
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In 2001, 2005, and 2007 Someone from the UK/living in the UK, writing in English won.
- 10/10/2009 02:23:37 AM
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I'm happy she won. I had heard of her and read some of her stuff. Excellent choice.
- 10/10/2009 02:07:39 AM
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