French Novelist Le Clézio: A Nobel Surprise

French Novelist Le Clézio: A Nobel Surprise
My reactions:
Gustave Le Clézio ,a French novelist, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature .He was highly praised as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization." In fact, he is not a well-knowned writer in Taiwan, and only two of his works have been published .According to the publisher’s analysis, although these years the public are fond of translated literature, his type of work is not so welcome here. Thanks to the Nobel Prize, we notice him again.
The characteristic of Le Clezio’s work is full of exotic cultures, like American aboriginal people and African life. The factor may be deeply rooted since his childhood. His parents traveled prodigiously, which gave him an open mind to embrace the world. Because of the distinction from the insular American literary culture, his works are almost out of print in the U.S.
As he himself once said "Western culture has become too monolithic” Therefore, he wants to show his awareness through his works, expressing some closely forbidden topics, such as religiosity and feelings. However, he does not like to be classified because as for him, writing is just writing.
Le Clézio has said. "Today, writers can only record their political impotence ... Contemporary literature is a literature of despair." These words shocked me due to the weakening power a writer has today, but somehow I know it is exaggerated. Once there are some writers like him willing to speak out, the masterpiece is not lonely.