(Source: The Nobel Prize/ Twitter) Some of Kazuo Ishiguro’s best-known works include Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day. (Source: The Nobel Prize/ Twitter)Kazuo Ishiguro, master of pathos and first citizen of an imaginary nation located in Japan, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Follow @ieexplainedThe unkind often mutter that the Nobel Prize in Literature exists only to give an intellectual edge to the British betting giant Ladbrokes, whose odds are followed breathlessly by every commentator in the days leading up to the announcement of the Literature Prize. However, perhaps the Prize actually exists to bamboozle Ladbrokes. Last year, in an embarrassingly obvious effort to leave behind the realm of excellent obscurity, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to an irritable and rude Bob Dylan.

Source: Indian Express October 05, 2017 18:46 UTC