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Monday, September 3rd, 2012 05:23 pm
J.R.R. Tolkien, whose The Lord of the Rings has sold over 200 thousand copies and has won over millions of devoted fans all over the world, was passed over for the 1961 Nobel literature prize after his books were described as second rate.

Newly released documents, declassified after 50 years, show that Tolkien was rejected because The Lord Of The Rings had 'not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality'.

Ну ладно, а кто в 1961-м году заслужил?

It was Ivo Andric, Yugoslav writer, who won for the "epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies."

Мне стало любопытно.

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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 01:01 am (UTC)
За него он и получил Нобелевку.

И как, стоит читать?
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 01:18 am (UTC)
Ну, это сага про городок на боснийско-сербской границе, где действие происходит на протяжении 500, что ли, нет. В "Сильмариллионе", насколько я знаю, действие происходит в течение гораздо более длительного промежутка времени.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 01:33 am (UTC)
Точно!
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 03:44 am (UTC)
Значит, нельзя.

Как кому-то может нравиться «Сто лет одиночества», я так и не понял.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 01:33 am (UTC)
s/нет/лет/