Doris Lessing was too ill to travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize herself. Her editor read her acceptance lecture, in which she notes that young people in wealthy countries have abundant books at their fingertips, but have lost interest in them due to television and the internet, while young people in impoverished countries are thirsty for books and they have none.

Lessing got the attention of the book bloggers back in October for being underwhelmed upon finding out she had won the prize. What do you think of her assessment that today's kids aren't interested in books?