What's the best novel in the past 25 years?
England's Guardian newspaper asked 150 literary luminaries to vote for the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005. These are the results:
First place:
Disgrace (1999) - JM Coetzee
Second place:
Money (1984) - Martin Amis
Joint third place:
Earthly Powers (1980) - Anthony Burgess
& Atonement (2001) - Ian McEwan
The full list can be found here.
5 comments:
very interesting. wonder what mr coetzee has to say about it.
The White Hotel (1981) DM Thomas - glad thats on the list - a book that can cover Freud vs Jung, erotica, the holocaust and life after death, without loosing focus is a masterpiece, imho.
OMG, looks like Harry Potter is also on there. At least Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials is listed obove it.
Triggermap, I've never read or heard of The White Hotel. I'll look out for it.
My god, that's ridiculous. Disgrace? I'll never understand people who adore JM Coetzee so much. I'm not a fan. I think Andre P Brink is a far better writer. Atonement was brilliant though.
I couldn't possibly choose my top three... Maybe Cloud Atlas, Oscar and Lucinda and The English Patient
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