Comments on Best Books of the 20th Century - page 6
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Pankeka wrote: "Tendré que revisar esta lista con cuidado... busco recomendaciones! :D"the novel is ''Struggle of Thebes""
Abdulkarim wrote: "yes, Naguib Mahfouz is an Arab, but he's not listed here"You could add his books.
Abdulkarim wrote: "Pankeka wrote: "Tendré que revisar esta lista con cuidado... busco recomendaciones! :D"the novel is ''Struggle of Thebes"""
how?
Narnia has my vote as well!! A joyful experience. I think the author C.S. Lewis is Anglo-Irish, but perhaps I am wrong.
Steve wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm not really thrilled that the Harry Potter books made this list....they really don't belong here !What about : The Red Tent by Diamont ??
: The Celestine Prophies ?..."
Uhmmm.... It's been said a lot so far but, really, Joyce's "Ulysses" -as well as many other books- are NOT from the 20th century. I feel ashamed because I voted for Joyce -as I'm currently reading it and like it a lot- and it was only then I realised something was not quite right........Fix it.
Ashley wrote: "There are a lot of those 19th century books, but now there are also many that are 21st century as well i.e. The Host and the most recent Harry Potter books. Is there any way to delete them?"Agreed
What about anything from the truest 20th Century literature form, the comic book? Practically anything from Alan Moore should be considered for the list, specially Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Sin City book one: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller, Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware, Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, Maus by Art Spiegelman, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and any Tin Tin book by Hergé. Don't discriminate them because they have dialog bubbles, they're truly outstanding literature.
Oh dear, I forgot I was going through a list of '20C books'! But definitely some – great books though they are – should not be here as they're too old or young. Can the moderators look the list over?
Over 2,000 people think that Harry Potter was written in the 20th century. You do know this is the 21st century, right?
Stacy wrote: "Over 2,000 people think that Harry Potter was written in the 20th century. You do know this is the 21st century, right?"The first three books in the Harry Potter series were written in the 20th century - 1997,1998 and 1999
Wifey wrote: "Why isn't Celine or Saint Exupéry or Borges on this list? I call bullshit. Or i don't know... Vonnegut?"St. Exupery is on the list. Twice. The Little Prince and Wind, Sand and Stars.
Marcus wrote: "Did I miss Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture?Pretty big book of the 90's...it, ya know, coined the name ofr an entire generation...
There's a lot of books on this list, I could have..."
It's there.
I miss more works by William Faulkner. Where is "Absalon, Absalon!", where is "As I lie dying", where is "Light in August"?Were we choosing the best literature of the gratest money-makers within literature? I ask this because I am astonished at so many "Harry Potters" and so few Margaret Atwoods (The Blind Assassin, Alias Grace).
Wifey wrote: "Why isn't Celine or Saint Exupéry or Borges on this list? I call bullshit. Or i don't know... Vonnegut?"Borges and Vonnegut are both on there, more than once for each of them...
Yes, "The Unvanquished" is fab. Like "Intruder in the Dust". However, my top favourite continues to be "Absalom, Absalom!"
bryan wrote: "It's called the "best books" of the 20th century, so why does everyone seem to be restricting themselves to novels?"I just added R. D. Laing stuff - 20th cenutry genius
Gary wrote: "Jane Austen? Oscar Wilde? Louisa May Alcott? Charles Dickens? William Shakespeare? Alexandre Dumas? Bram Stoker's Dracula?None of those are 20th century."
Yes, apparently some of our readers are veritable geniuses.
It doesn't make sense including the entire Chronicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Same with The Lord of the Rings and the books separately. Go with one or the other
Harry wrote: "What about anything from the truest 20th Century literature form, the comic book? Practically anything from Alan Moore should be considered for the list, specially Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Sin ...""truest 20th century literature form" — what?
not the most well-designed list, for sure. Tried to add Simple Prayers, by Michael Golding, which was published in 1996, and it was rejected as being not from the 20th century.
bryan wrote: "It's called the "best books" of the 20th century, so why does everyone seem to be restricting themselves to novels?"That's all most people ever read...
Roxanne wrote: "The Tin Drum must be among the top 100...BB"I totally agree. Excellent book, worthy of being here!
really Charlie and the choc factory,green eggs and ham,the lorax on the same list as Lord of the Rings.....I think not,how do they compare?In my literal world ,they dont.
Gary wrote: "Jane Austen? Oscar Wilde? Louisa May Alcott? Charles Dickens? William Shakespeare? Alexandre Dumas? Bram Stoker's Dracula?None of those are 20th century."
Yes, some of these books I saw I wasn't sure were in the 20th century. Like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Didn't that come out in 2000 or something?
Ioulia wrote: "Uhmmm.... It's been said a lot so far but, really, Joyce's "Ulysses" -as well as many other books- are NOT from the 20th century. I feel ashamed because I voted for Joyce -as I'm currently reading ..."why do people keep saying this? You know the 20th century is the 1900s, right? Joyce published "U" in 1922, or thereabouts, and the story takes place in 1904. If you're reading it, why don't you look on the copyright page?
Gary wrote: "Jane Austen? Oscar Wilde? Louisa May Alcott? Charles Dickens? William Shakespeare? Alexandre Dumas? Bram Stoker's Dracula?None of those are 20th century."
I agree! Why is this?
Who the fuck would honestly think "Harry Potter" is better than Joyce, Faulkner, or Kafka? Idiots and teenager are the only people I could imagine, and they should not be talking about 20th century lit. And fuck "To Kill a Mockingbird"
I suggest you:
1. expand this list to include all great books
2. enable sorting by date or stars
3. enable filtering by date or stars or author or title