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A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. [1] The English word to describe such a work derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", or "short story (of something new)", itself from the Latin: novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus ...
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PS3553.L365 S5 1975. Followed by. Tai-Pan. Shōgun (1975) is James Clavell’s historical novel fictionalizing key events and figures of 1600 Japan which took the Azuchi–Momoyama period to its end and did much to usher in the Edo period.
- James Clavell
- 1975
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Short stories date back to oral storytelling traditions which originally produced epics such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and Homer 's Iliad and Odyssey. Oral narratives were often told in the form of rhyming or rhythmic verse, often including recurring sections or, in the case of Homer, Homeric epithets. Such stylistic devices often acted ...
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎, Ōe Kenzaburō, 31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear ...
Jan 23, 2009 · Selected by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels – no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems – from any decade and in any language ...
