whose statement that "Europe still is the center of the literary world" reveals a cultural blindness as pervasive as anything he accuses American writers of."I'd be more inclined to take Engdahl at his word," [David] Kipen writes in an e-mail, "if his championing of European literature didn't also ignore all the great writing coming from the rest of the planet just now. Africa, India and China, to name just three not inconsiderable land masses, are producing wonderful stuff."
from David L. Ulin: Los Angeles Times: Le Clezio--who's he?
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