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1 day ago · Rob Crawford. May 28, 2024. Nothing of Naipaul’s could compare with the first novel of his that I read, A Bend in the River. One of the best novels of the 20th Century, it set me on a course to read everything by him that I could find. Though I eventually tired of his presence in much of his writing – fussy, arrogant, irritable, phobic ...
5 days ago · Edith Wharton, American author best known for her stories and novels about the upper-class society into which she was born. Among her notable works are the novels The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, and Ethan Frome.
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4 days ago · Stephen King is an American novelist and short-story writer whose books are credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century. His books gain their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and King’s ability to involve and scare the reader.
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5 days ago · 45) Ralph Ellison: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad. Ralph Ellison’s landmark novel, Invisible Man, is about a Black man who faced systemic racism in the Deep South during his youth, then ...
3 days ago · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( UK: / ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who is best known for writing the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. [2]
4 days ago · In full: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie. Born: June 19, 1947, Bombay [now Mumbai], India (age 76) Awards And Honors: Costa Book Awards (1995) Costa Book Awards (1988) Booker Prize (1981) Notable Works: “Fury” “Joseph Anton” “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003–2020” “Luka and the Fire of Life” “Midnight’s Children” “Quichotte” “Shalimar the Clown” “Shame”
5 days ago · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .
