tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post740195920088798333..comments2023-09-26T09:08:59.079+01:00Comments on WOMEN RULE WRITER: ALICE MUNRO WINS MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONALGroup 8http://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-74709124915050250792009-05-28T08:04:50.837+01:002009-05-28T08:04:50.837+01:00Maybe she'll be one of those rock stars herself! ;...Maybe she'll be one of those rock stars herself! ;)Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-69039142018805071362009-05-27T21:12:35.913+01:002009-05-27T21:12:35.913+01:00I echo Totalfecineejit, that "and yet" in the judg...I echo Totalfecineejit, that "and yet" in the judges' statement seemed to me to slightly undermine their choice of her. Couldn't they have just been gracious and utterly full of praise! Such good news, though. Maybe Juno will grow up in a world where short story writers are the rock stars :)Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-6698492569198007672009-05-27T16:15:45.848+01:002009-05-27T16:15:45.848+01:00My thoughts exactly TFE. It's like 'Wow - she's re...My thoughts exactly TFE. It's like 'Wow - she's really good and she doesn't even write novels!!!' Shock horror. WHen oh when will people stop equating novel writing with 'real' writing??!!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-90888940890774610572009-05-27T15:09:26.466+01:002009-05-27T15:09:26.466+01:00That is some award(60k? Wow!)and some achievement....That is some award(60k? Wow!)and some achievement.I'm delighted that it has gone to a short story writer, not that the genre needed validation, but I'm bored of people perceiving the shortstory as a stepping stone towards writing a (proper) novel.Sorry to be churlish but even the Judges seem to have been forced by her talent to award her 'despite' being a short story writer instead of 'because'.I quote from the judges and the key word here is'yet'<br />'Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings' etc. The short story is a jewel among, well, I don't know,things that are not jewels.Congratulations to her!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.com