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Moshe.. · 10-13-2007, 01:48 PM

She's a real local girl. I can't imagine what the swedes could make of her twee hampsteadian family sagas and class-anxieties. They must have asked some arty english types to judge this year.

The original nobel prizes in science are very very very respectable. The prize for literature, economics and peace are not quite real nobel prizes! - they were invented after alfred died. The economics one is still treated as authentic; the literature one is important (but too subjective to be taken that seriously); and the peace thing is there to please a few silly politicians. It's not to be taken seriously!

10-13-2007, 01:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Moshe.. il dolce far niente Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 1,006 My Profile	She's a real local girl. I can't imagine what the swedes could make of her twee hampsteadian family sagas and class-anxieties. They must have asked some arty english types to judge this year. The original nobel prizes in science are very very very respectable. The prize for literature, economics and peace are not quite real nobel prizes! - they were invented after alfred died. The economics one is still treated as authentic; the literature one is important (but too subjective to be taken that seriously); and the peace thing is there to please a few silly politicians. It's not to be taken seriously! Last edited by Moshe.. : 10-13-2007 at 04:48 PM.