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99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939: A Personal Choice
99 Novels The Best in English Since 1939 A Personal Choice Author:Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess Invites You to Consider: — What are the best novels of our time? — "In my time I have read a lot of novels in the way of duty; I have read a great number for pleasure as well. I am, I think, qualified to compile a list like the one that awaits you in the pages inside. All the novels listed here have added something to our knowledge... more » of the human condition (sleeping or waking), have managed language well, have clarified the motivations of actions, and have sometimes expanded the bounds of imagination. And they entertain or divert, which means to turn our faces away from the repetitive patterns of everyday life and look at humanity and the world with a new interest and even joy. If you disagree violently with some of my choices I shall be pleased. We arrive at values only through dialectic."
How many of the 99 have you read?
Anthony Burgess is perhaps best known in this country as the author of A Clockwork Orange. He is the author of twenty-six novels, eleven books of literary criticism, two children's books, and five translations. Anthony Burgess is also a notable composer. He lives in Monaco.« less
ISBN-13: 9780671524074 ISBN-10: 0671524070 Publication Date: 4/1984 Pages:160 Edition:1st American ed Rating: