Thread: Literary Short Vote • June 2013
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Old 06-04-2013, 04:29 PM   #5
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That was hard!
Yes, that was hard. My new strategy is to vote for half of the books; so I voted for a Free State, being from a country that used to have colonies, myself (he,he, who in Europe isn't.....) so I am intrigued by the African stories of Naipaul, where in the nomination is quoted " No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely"

And I voted After the Quake which I nominated myself

My last vote was for Foster The Celestial Omnibus who, as in the nomination was written, "The humanist has four leading characteristics: curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race,” Forster said."
hmmm, I would rather see myself as a humanist, I think

Having voted: I would read all books, but there's no use in voting for all, I thought; I bought the Oil jar and the Celestial omnibus (well, €1,89 and €0,99 I think).

Last edited by desertblues; 06-04-2013 at 04:55 PM. Reason: Clarifying the colonies, humanist and editing sloppy grammar, excuses
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