sjpimlico Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Is the Booker prize a measure of quality writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) How do you measure quality writing? I've often wondered what makes famous books so popular, and I think a large part of it comes down to how current society perceives that book and how ground-shattering (and indeed acceptable) the book is in terms of its ideas and writing style for that time period. I think these prizes are very specific to time and place rather than any objective measurement of 'good writing.' Instead, I think it is a measure of how these books illustrate the shifts in thinking - after all, the judges who choose the winner are also products of that society. As a thinking point, would the recent Booker Prize have won the same prize ten years ago? Edited June 8, 2017 by Angury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjpimlico Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 An excellent reply Angury. Thank you. I think you have rather hit the nail on the literary head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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