I was impressed to read an article on Baines and Hodgson discussing serious works of literature.

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He was reading f**king Murakami :hehe:

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[the splendor of antigone]

Murakami appeals to pretentious 18 year-olds with no grasp on what constitutes proper literature.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

exactly are you in the world of literature?

[the splendor of antigone]

been nominated for an award or not.

Fine, he's a decent entry-level read for someone who is looking to get into 'serious works of literature', in much the same way as if you were to rate the potency of drugs and someone proclaimed marijuana to be the pinnacle of euphoria. It's a decent gateway, sure, but not the apex of drug-induced states of minds.

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myself but that's irrelevant, he is considered to be one of the most important writers of Japanese fiction - the most important since Mishima - and no amount of nitpicking is going to take that way from him.

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He doesn't belong to the tier of the likes of Kafka, Beckett, Balzac, Proust, Goethe, Faulkner, Joyce etc i.e. serious literature.

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I am certain he will still be read in 50 years time.

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Doesn't make Rowling one of the greatest ever novelists.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

often leaves a lot to be desired. Rowling, like Blyton in her time, gets kids to read. Isn't that great?

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in music.

Doesn't make it equal to Bach, Mozart, or Tchaikovsky

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