NPR Books LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Books Surprises Common with Nobel Literature Prize October 12, 20069:34 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Neda Ulaby Surprises Common with Nobel Literature Prize Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6252899/6252900" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Related NPR Stories Author Interviews Turkish Writer Wins 2006 Nobel Literature Prize Culture A Poet Returns to Turkey in 'Snow' World Charges Against Turkish Writer Pamuk Dropped World Author on Trial for Anti-Turkish Remarks World Orhan Pamuk: Turkey's Controversial Faulkner Author Interviews Layers of Politics, Humanity in Pamuk's 'Snow' The Nobel Prize for Literature often comes with controversy attached. If recent years are any indication, the best odds favor the darkest horse. Facebook Flipboard Email
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