Dec 03 2019
Two members of the external Nobel literature prize committee have quit – one over the choice of Peter Handke as this year's winner and the other over the slow pace of reforms since the sexual assault scandal.
Gun-Britt Sundström, 74, and Kristoffer Leandoer, 57, both resigned from the five-strong panel of "external specialists" that had been set up to "reinforce" the committee of four for 2019/20.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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