"But if you talk to people in the publishing industry, you'll also hear a few names that aren't riding high with the bookies, such as Swiss Popliteratur novelist Christian Kracht, whose Eurotrash was longlisted for the International Booker this year. Australian novelist Gerald Murnane has been a perennial bookies' favourite, but if the prize goes to Down Under, some suggest it's more likely to be awarded to Aboriginal writer Alexis Wright instead."
"Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa was the last Latin American laureate in 2010, which has brought Argentinian writer Cesar Aira and Mexican Cristina Rivera Garza into the frame. Writing in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, literary editor Rasmus Landstrom puts his money on this year's winner carrying a Hungarian passport: Krasznahorkai or his countryman Peter Nadas. Both have long been sitting on the Nobel pile, Landstrom writes. They both write fairly traditional' modernist prose and can be categorised as witness literature'."
Bookmakers list Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai as leading favourites, with Haruki Murakami also prominent. Publishing industry insiders mention other contenders including Christian Kracht, Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright. Latin American candidates such as César Aira and Cristina Rivera Garza are also under consideration. Some commentators prefer Hungarian figures like Krasznahorkai or Péter Nádas as traditional modernist choices. The Nobel literature selection process begins months earlier when the Nobel committee sends nomination forms to a select network. Invited nominators include members of the 18-person Swedish Academy and professors of literature and linguistics at universities.
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