Posted by Sterling on 10/2/2009, 21:52:23, in reply to "Re: Guardian List: "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read""
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Well, joffre, it's an excellent start. I don't disagree with anything on your list, although I would make some additions.
I wonder, though, if it wouldn't be interesting to start with Harold Bloom's Western Canon and supplement it (or veto it). His list is exhaustive, but it can be quite perverse, especially with twentieth century writers. For example, Robert Coover - Spanking the Maid, but not The Public Burning; E.L. Doctorow - World's Fair, but not Ragtime; Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon, but not Beloved; William Golding - Pincher Martin, but not Lord of the Flies. Then there are the excellent novels written since 1994 - Underworld and American Pastoral come to mind.
We could call it Beyond the Canon or something like that.
(And oh yeah, no Rabbit.)
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