Among those not nominated: Junot Diaz's "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"; Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union"; and Richard Russo's "Bridge of Sighs." Also bypassed was David Halberstam's Korean War history, "The Coldest Winter."Interesting that Chabon is mentioned as significant for not being nominated. I'm interested in our book club's opinion--is it an oversight that Chabon was left off the list, or kind of understandable based on the content of the book?
You can discuss in the comments, or prepare to answer on Sunday morning...
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I don't think it's surprising, since Kavalier & Clay was so much more universally popular and acclaimed. It would be difficult for this book not to suffer by comparison. I think the Diaz snub is stranger, considering all the attention he's gotten recently.
Eh all the award ceremonies are pretty much hacks anyway. My friend's teacher was on the National award committee a bit ago and she said the judges are all incredibly lazy and don't like rereading the books. I heard that War Trash would've won the Pulitzer instead of Gilead but the judges didn't want to read it again.
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