South African writer J. M. Coetzee, who has long been on the short list for the Nobel Prize in Literature, won the award this time out. Soon after yesterday’s item was posted, betting on Philip Roth because of his Hollywood credentials, a reader sent this e-mail:“Roth? You think? With Naipaul in 2001, Roth tomorrow could […]
Archives for October 2003
STARRING THE NOBEL PRIZE
Is anybody taking bets on the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, to be announced tomorrow? Not being privy to the machinations of the 18-member Swedish Academy, I’d be willing to bet on Philip Roth largely because a star-studded movie of his 2001 novel, “The Human Stain,” is coming out later this month, and […]