Tim Parks on Prizes, Awards, Coetzee and Rushdie #18
- Author
- Nigel Beale
- Published
- Sat 29 Jul 2006
- Episode Link
- https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nigelbeale/Tim_Parks_On_Awards_and_Salman_Rushdie_March_06_Montreal_32_Web.mp3
Prizes are ridiculous. Winners are often poor writers. Short lists are political. The whole world kneels before a bunch of Swedish academics who only read books in translation...
So what does Tim Parks really think of book awards? Listen up. You'll also get his thoughts on Salman Rushdie and J.M. Coetzee.
