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Originally Posted by HarryT
"The Remains of the Day" is a wonderful book. Well worth reading, if anyone hasn't done so.
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I agree. I'm delighted that he won. After Remains, I had started reading his books from the beginning, but so far have only read the first, heh. That one is A Pale View of Hills, which was okay but I don't think he'd hit his stride yet. This news is another reason for me to get back on track with my Ishiguro.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's on the official Nobel Prize website:
https://www.nobelprize.org/
It doesn't seem to be uncommon for people to find out they've won the literature prize from the press. Famously happened with Doris Lessing:
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Thanks for that; I hadn't seen it before. 'It's a royal flush.'
