tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post3202735479276135916..comments2024-03-28T22:51:28.222+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: The Middle Stage in AustraliaChandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-7453749915957493442008-05-05T08:54:00.000+05:302008-05-05T08:54:00.000+05:30Eric - Thank you for your many kind words. I've ha...Eric - Thank you for your many kind words. <BR/><BR/>I've had occasion to take a look at your website before, and I've often read pieces on it (such as the interview with Kunal Basu, some of whose stories I admired very much). I'm sure I could do something for your magazine at some point. <BR/><BR/>I don't think translated fiction is eligible for the Booker, because that would mean that the judgment is based partly on the quality of the translation. Although this proviso leaves a lot of good books out, I think that it is in the end a sensible one.Chandrahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-32840490979302945202008-05-04T06:59:00.000+05:302008-05-04T06:59:00.000+05:30Dear Chandra:I simply enjoy reading your blog and ...Dear Chandra:<BR/><BR/>I simply enjoy reading your blog and your wonderful book reviews and interviews with authors.<BR/><BR/>Your reverence for books is amazing; a passion I can relate to.<BR/><BR/>I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Ma Jian's new novel, Beijing Coma. I wonder whether translated fiction is eligible for the Man Booker Prize?<BR/><BR/>I edit a quarterly book magazine in Kuala Lumpur and I welcome your contributions with open arms.<BR/><BR/>My email address is ericcforbes@yahoo.com or ericcforbes@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>All the best<BR/>Eric ForbesEric Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598094262684433573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-22600714512771947962008-05-02T12:37:00.000+05:302008-05-02T12:37:00.000+05:30Congratulations!Congratulations!Unmanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430139387595895191noreply@blogger.com