Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels discussion
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October 2023 Nominations
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crime: daughter of time, by Josephine Tey family / self: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
For Crime, I nominate Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
For Family and Self. a shorty:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin, who is NOT Willa Cather
Excellent already books in both categories I wil vote for
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to summarise:
Crime:
The Crime of Father Amaro by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
Silence of the Grave by Arnadur Indridason
The Pledge by Friedrich Durrenmatt
Family & Self:
The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx
The Vatican Cellars by Andre Gide
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Polls going up asap...
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
Books mentioned in this topic
The Awakening (other topics)Silence of the Grave (other topics)
The Crime of Father Amaro (other topics)
The Daughter of Time (other topics)
Under Western Eyes (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (other topics)Eça de Queirós (other topics)
Annie Proulx (other topics)
Crime and Family & Self
to help with choosing nominations, I have updated the threads containing the full list of books in each of these categories, showing which books have already been read - hopefully these are useful:
Crime List
Family & Self
so let's have those suggestions...