“The novel remains for me one of the few forms...where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether unpleasant struggle to put ourselves into a viable and devout relationship to our beloved and mistaken world.” FictionNovelNational Book Award For Fiction Author:John Cheever
“Dylan leans in real slow. "I told you Europeans were different," he whispers. "No foolin'." The rest of the event goes about the same. The Italians come at me on after the other, leaving the softball questions at home. Nothing but the fastballs coming fast, hard, and inside. "How does your book fit into the neo-postmodern landscape?" one of them asks. Three rows back," I say, giving another patented chuckle. "Are you a Hegelian?" another asks. "Only with the ladies," I answer. Whoever said you have to know what a word means to be able to answer to it?” European LiteratureBook TourNational Book Award For Fiction Book:People Like Us Source: People Like Us
“Literary award competitions are like social media platforms, and judging panels are their users. Submitting a book to a literary award competition is like sharing a post on social media—some praise its ideas, others reject them; some find it inspiring, others provoking; tragic to some, laughable to the rest.” Funny QuotesLiterature QuotesEnglish QuotesLiterary AwardsLiterary PrizesPulitzer PrizeBooker PrizeHugo AwardNational Book Award For Fiction Author:Mouloud Benzadi