<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post7655121259609751609..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5870166054229848543</id><published>2009-10-11T13:53:10.737-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T13:53:10.737-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My wife is Romanian, and has never heard of her. I...</title><summary type='text'>My wife is Romanian, and has never heard of her. I ordered one of her books (the one that won the IMPAC Dublin--I forget the name).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Romania!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/5870166054229848543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/5870166054229848543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html?showComment=1255283590737#c5870166054229848543' title=''/><author><name>Charles</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07856117549225658562</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eZdrsewW2yo/So2FOaUsLUI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8ItDXJ63JVM/S220/IMG_0051.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7655121259609751609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7655121259609751609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1126268698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7933101702495190901</id><published>2009-10-09T10:23:43.860-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T10:23:43.860-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another good Romanian woman writer is Carmen Firan...</title><summary type='text'>Another good Romanian woman writer is Carmen Firan.  She wrote a short novel called The Farce (Spuyten Duyvil 2003) which might make a good corollary to these works.  Firan lives in NYC now.  Her novel is set in the days in which Ceausescu was being toppled, telling the story of a television newsman&amp;#39;s unraveling family life, as Ceausescu&amp;#39;s empire seems to fall apart, and yet doesn&amp;#39;t:&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/7933101702495190901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/7933101702495190901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html?showComment=1255098223860#c7933101702495190901' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7655121259609751609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7655121259609751609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2700917029199760090</id><published>2009-10-09T07:34:16.607-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T07:34:16.607-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Nobel lost all credibility for me when Heaney ...</title><summary type='text'>The Nobel lost all credibility for me when Heaney won ii in &amp;#39;95. Mind you, that&amp;#39;s as far as its poetic judgment goes. It may have better taste regarding novels, so good luck to the current winner.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/2700917029199760090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7655121259609751609/comments/default/2700917029199760090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html?showComment=1255088056607#c2700917029199760090' title=''/><author><name>Jeffrey Side</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735826917584494107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQ6eAHP4rNE/Snm3EAcQBpI/AAAAAAAAAAY/fyLmIZewBUI/S220/093784783.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/herta-muller-wins-nobel-prize-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7655121259609751609' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7655121259609751609' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900378766"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2009"/></entry></feed>