Mr. Ishiguro later said he had written the book in four weeks at the age of 32. The Nobel Prize in Literature is given in recognition of a writer’s entire body of work rather than a single title. ■ Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish received the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for the discovery of ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. ■ Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing a new way to construct precise three-dimensional images of biological molecules. Two more will be awarded in the days to come:■ The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday in Norway.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2017 11:09 UTC