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« on: December 10, 2008, 02:01:24 PM » |
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Or, which living novelist is most likely to receive canonical status, i.e., be included in literary anthologies 50 years from now?
My vote: Toni Morrison.
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 02:18:50 PM » |
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Toni Morrison is likely a good pick. Maybe Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or are we only looking at English?
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 02:47:35 PM » |
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No, Marquez works fine. And in all fairness, I've seen both Morrison AND Garquez in anthologies already, though it'll be interesting to see whether they're still there a few decades down the line.
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2008, 08:30:55 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2008, 08:33:48 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2008, 08:51:15 AM » |
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But in all seriousness, I've never read anything by Toni Morrison but I wouldn't argue against her. I'm not sure who else to add.
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2008, 03:45:07 AM » |
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Yep... all 273 of them!
lol. Exaggeration much? But hmm..John Grisham maybe? |
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 07:33:14 AM » |
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You're serious? John Grisham is a blockbuster novelist, not the kind for serious literature nerds.
Same for the Left Behind boys, although they are a notch below Grisham.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2008, 02:41:58 PM » |
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You're serious? John Grisham is a blockbuster novelist, not the kind for serious literature nerds.
Same for the Left Behind boys, although they are a notch below Grisham.
more like a few notches below. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2008, 08:54:39 PM » |
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*shrug* To be perfectly honest, I'm making stuff up. For all the hundreds, maybe thousands of books I've read, I have no idea what I'm talking about here  |
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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2009, 07:37:42 PM » |
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I'll second Toni Morrison and raise you a Cormac McCarthy.
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2010, 06:53:46 PM » |
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I'll second Toni Morrison and raise you a Cormac McCarthy.
I haven't read any Toni Morrison...but I think I will look into it. I do like Cormac McCarthy very much. |
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