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Having tried to read some of the Booker winners, I don’t think I would go so far as to say it is a prize for quality - it is really a prize for literariness. Y
by danieltillett 10y ago
Having tried to read some of the Booker winners, I don’t think I would go so far as to say it is a prize for quality - it is really a prize for literariness.
Your overall point is correct though.
- firebones 10y ago"Literary != quality"? If not, then solve for X in "X == quality".
- danieltillett 10y agoIt depends on what you consider quality. I personally don’t like slogging through pretentious literary twaddle and consider any book that is unreadable as low quality since it fails its primary purpose. From the horses mouth: "The Man Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world...” [1]. 1. http://themanbookerprize.com http://themanbookerprize.com