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AWARDED. To GUNTER GRASS, 71, provocative German writer whose explorations of his country's torturous century established him as one of the most esteemed voices of the postwar era; the Nobel Prize for Literature; in Stockholm. The jury predicted that Grass's The Tin Drum (1959) would become "one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century...
...around 300 parliamentary seats compared with a little over 150 for Mrs. Gandhi's Congress party and its allies. In an election where no significant policy issues were at stake, Congress had hoped the allure of the Gandhi name would restore its fortunes. Although the BJP mercilessly beat the drum of her foreign birth - she's the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - what may have counted more tellingly against her was the BJP's record and the timing of the poll. Last year Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had rallied the nation behind his government when...
...better known as Lamb--craft excellent trip-hoppy pop in an unmistakeably British style, like a less morose Portishead. That comparison, however, belies the nature of the duo's music. The soundscapes that Barlow creates behind Rhodes's voice refuse to gel into the standard trip-hop forms; bebop, drum 'n' bass and harsh techno beats all find their way into an eminently digestible mix. The band has undeniable indie cred: they've sampled Charlie Parker, scored a British hit with a song based on the work of classical composer Henryk Grecki and had their songs remixed by Autechre, Bola...
Little Oskar the Drummer has finally conquered the world. His creator, German author G?nter Grass, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Thursday, with his "Tin Drum," published in 1959, cited as "one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century." "It?s an excellent award, 30 years overdue, but better late than never," says TIME literary critic Paul Gray. "?The Tin Drum? was a pioneering attempt at new fictional forms, a kind of postmodern attempt at super-realism to deal with the bizarre and ugly rise of Nazism. It was an attempt to explore history through a kind...
...made its author a legendary social critic and literary provocateur. He became strongly identified with Germany?s political left, and in 1990 was criticized for rejecting the speedy reunification of East and West Germany. "In his later writing, he took partisan political positions," says Gray. "But in ?The Tin Drum? he sides broadly with humanity against Nazism. It?s one of the great books of the ?50s and ?60s in any language." One group that won?t be impressed by the Nobel Committee?s choice: Oklahomans for Children and Families. The morality watchdog group last year managed to convince Oklahoma...