Ten essential works of 20th Century American Lit
Submitted by oswaldtherab on Sat, 01/28/2006 - 06:58
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- F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
- Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises
- William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury
- Saul Bellow - The Adventures of Augie March
- Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
- William Gaddis - The Recognitions
- Jack Kerouac - On The Road
- Joseph Heller - Catch-22
- Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow
- Don DeLillo - White Noise
Author Comments:
If you like books, you really need to read these.
I note that you have not included anything by Steinbeck. I would recommend 'The Grapes of Wrath'. I am currently reading 'East of Eden' by Steinbeck, and I think it might be even better than GoW.