Posted by Lale on 25/10/2009, 19:41:32, in reply to "The List So Far"
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This list is super, it helps a lot, great job!
: Invisible Man (1952, 581pp)
: by Ralph Ellison (American, 1914-1994)
I really want to read this book. I may never read it unless it is with you guys, so I hope it will get a lot of votes.
: Rabbit, Run (1960, 320pp)
: by John Updike (American, 1932-2009)
This comes highly recommended, so I hope it will get chosen. I am looking forward to reading it.
: The Lover (1984, 128pp)
: by Marguerite Duras (French, 1914-1996)
I will vote for this book. I have it in French and I will buy it in English also. I love reading books in both languages at the same time (my French alone is not enough but it is so much fun to read a little from the original and then the translation.)
: Love in the Time of Cholera (1985, 348pp)
: by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Columbian, 1928- )
This is a super duper book. I have already read it and recommend it. If it doesn't make it to top 12, I suggest those who haven't read it to read it on their own time.
: The God of Small Things (1997, 352pp)
: by Arundhati Roy (Indian, 1961- )
Same as above. Read it and loved it. I recommend it to everyone.
: The Human Stain (2000, 352pp)
: by Philip Roth (American, 1933- )
I read this and it is a good book, but I had the sense that it was made with hollywood in mind.
: Gilead (2004, 256pp)
: by Marilynne Robinson (American, 1944- )
I hope Steven's scheme for properly dealing with the situation of two books by the same author will work because I really want to read either this or the Housekeeping (and
eventually both, based on the recommendations).
Lale
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