The Nobel Prize For Literature 2018 and 2019

This is the most exciting day for this website, in fact almost totally dedicated to this day, the day when the Nobel Prize Committee announce their choices for the Nobel Prize For Literature.

It's also the day when my work load increases substantially in having a lifetime of one person's work landing on my desk to read.

But this is an unusual year for the Nobel Prize Committee, where they have selected not only this year's Prize but last year's as well.

They are:

For 2018: Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."

For 2019: Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

It's been a longer wait than usual and hopefully these Winners will invigorate your reading and interest you in theirs, and others', work.  I'll try to read as much as I can from all Prize Winners but hopefully I might get a copy of both their books to read in the near future.  And I congratulate both Winners for their success that they've duly earned.

So was this as you expected?  What's your reaction to the chosen Winners?  Leave a comment below and tell me what you like or dislike about the choices.