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The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
The Black Book (1990) by Orhan Pamuk [63] Vineland (1990) by Thomas Pynchon [64] Soul Mountain (1990) by Gao Xingjian [65] Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990) by Salman Rushdie [66] American Psycho (1991) by Bret Easton Ellis [67] Time's Arrow (1991) by Martin Amis [68] The Gold Bug Variations (1991) by Richard Powers [69] Mao II (1991) by Don ...
Swift's second book, A Left for Itself, [10] was the first analysis of 'political hobbyism' in the UK, [11] [12] and focused on what he termed 'performative radicalism' in the era of the internet and social media. [13] It was heralded as a definitive analysis of the failure of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party at the 2019 United Kingdom general ...
Andrew Cowan (born 1960) is an English novelist and nonfiction author, who directed the creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia in 2008–18. [1] His six novels include Pig (1994).
Synge's most famous play, The Playboy of the Western World, "caused outrage and riots when it was first performed" in Dublin in 1907. [10] George Bernard Shaw turned the Edwardian theatre into an arena for debate about important political and social issues, like marriage, class, "the morality of armaments and war" and the rights of women. [11]
David John Lodge CBE FRSL (28 January 1935 – 1 January 2025) was an English author and critic. He was a literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, and some of his novels satirise academic life, notably the "Campus Trilogy" – Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984) and Nice Work (1988).
Checkout 19 is utterly original, fashioned from the many narratives (books read, stories written, ideologies debunked) that have shaped a female working-class writer’s distinctive sensibility." [ 10 ] Praising Checkout 19 in The Scotsman , literary critic Stuart Kelly said: "This is one of the most extraordinary books it has been my privilege ...
Dunant was born in 1950 and raised in London. [5] She is the daughter of David Dunant, a former Welsh airline steward who later became a manager at British Airways, [6] and his French wife Estelle, who grew up in Bangalore, India.