I mean, would you have had the Pulitzer winner on the show? Maybe, maybe not. And, frankly, all three of the finalists were more than good enough.Īnd I think that the main thing that we need, especially in this environment of, are people still reading fiction, are people still going to their bookstores, we need the Prize to do their job and to pick a winner that we can all feel excited about, although I will say this is very nice, too, because the fact that there is no prize, weirdly, also serves the same purpose of getting people discussing books. There were loads of books that were good enough this year. And it's not as if there isn't a book that's good enough. And to some extent, that's part of the Pulitzer's responsibility, that we need to get people reading. It's a show about getting people to go to the movies.
Yes, yes, which is not an institution that is desperate to find the absolute best film every year. So it's a big loss as a bookseller, just not having that prize that people are talking about and getting them into the store to get this particular book. It's right up there with Christmas for bringing people into the store every year. I have to say Parnassus is doing pretty well, but there is a real pull constantly to try to figure out how to get readers into the store, how to get them excited about books, and especially important literary books. Explain why this bothers you so much.ĪNN PATCHETT, author, "State of Wonder": Well, the most important point is really as a bookseller, because independent bookstores, as we all know, are struggling. That's how you put it in a New York Times piece today. You feel disappointment as a writer, indignation as a reader, rage as a bookseller. Lev Grossman's novels include "The Magicians" and "The Magician King." He serves as the book critic for Time magazine. Ann Patchett's novels include "Bel Canto" and her latest, "State of Wonder." She also owns and runs Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville. The no-decision stirred up the world of books, including two bestselling authors who join us now. When there is no majority, there is no award." Today, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prize told the NewsHour that - quote - "The jury nominated three finalists, and the board gave the nominations lengthy consideration, but at the end of the discussions, no finalist rose to the level of the majority vote. No award was given for fiction, the first time that's happened since 1977. When the Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this week, there was one rather glaring omission in the arts categories.
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