Nobel Prize in Literature: Austrian novelist Elfriede Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on October 7. True to the mood of despair cast in her novels (which include The Piano Teacher, Lust, and Women as Lovers), Jelinek, 57, said that she "can't stand" the attention and plans to "disappear" and not attend the December 10 ceremony in Stockholm to retrieve the prize. "One the one hand it's an honor and I'm happy, but on the other hand, I'm fearing that my calm life is at risk," she told the press. Jelinek said she writes to defend "the weak," and her most recent release, Bambiland, a play, condemns the American invasion of Iraq. "The side of the powerful is not literature's side," she contended. On October 7, The Piano Teacher hit 48 on Amazon.com's sales list. ( Read more here)
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