War
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
Author: Norman Mailer Project: War – Word War II Year of publication: 1948 Pages: 721 Goodreads: The Naked and the Dead
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War
Sophie’s Choice (William Styron)
Author: William Styron Project: War – Word War II Year of publication: 1992 Pages: 562 Goodreads: Sophie’s Choice
Open Option
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth Author: Zadie Smith Year of publication: 2000 Pages: 448 Goodreads: White Teeth
Orpheus
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo Author: George Saunders List: Recent Prize Winner (Man Booker, 2017) Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death / fleeting nature of happiness Year of publication: 2017 Pages: 343 Goodreads: Lincoln in the Bardo […]
Orpheus
The Tiger’s Wife (Téa Obreht)
The Tiger’s Wife Author: Téa Obreht Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death Project: war – Balkan War Year of publication: 2011 Pages: 336 Goodreads: The Tiger’s Wife “A story weaving of fragments of events, set […]
Open Option
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession Author: A.S. Byatt Label: Open Option Year of publication: 1990 Pages: 555 Goodreads: Possession “Two parallel stories, one of artists and one of academic researchers unified by romance. With poetry, letters, diary […]
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway Author: Virginia Woolf Year of publication: 1925 Pages: 194 Goodreads: Mrs. Dalloway “This Modernist novel is still very topical today. It focuses on impressions, on the fleeting moment of being, and […]
Orpheus
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas Author: David Mitchell Category: Orpheus – unaccepted death Year of publication: 2004 Pages: 529 Goodreads: Cloud Atlas
Recent Prize Winner
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie)
Quichotte Author: Salman Rushdie Label: Recent Prize Winner (Man Booker Short List 2019) Year of publication: 2019 Pages: 416 Goodreads: Quichotte
Open Option
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens List: Pre-modern Year of publication: 1861 Pages: 505 Goodreads: Great Expectations