A Brief History of English-language Literature

by Piero Scaruffi (E-mail)
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Anne Carson (Canada, 1950): "Autobiography of Red" (1998) [p]
Anne Carson (Canada, 1950): "The Glass Essay" (1995) [p] +
Charles Frazier (USA, 1950): "Cold Mountain" (1997)
Edward Jones (USA, 1950): "The Known World" (2004) +
Jorie Graham (USA, 1950): "Materialism" (1993) [p]
Jorie Graham (USA, 1950): "Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts" (1980) [p]
Gary Indiana (USA, 1950): "Horse Crazy" (1988)
Gary Indiana (USA, 1950): "Rent Boy" (1994) +
Sara Maitland (Britain, 1950): "Daughter of Jerusalem" (1978)
Sara Maitland (Britain, 1950): "Virgin Territory" (1984)
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "The Monkey King" (1978) +
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "Sour Sweet" (1982)
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "An Insular Possession" (1986)
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "Redundancy of Courage" (1991)
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard" (1995)
Timothy Mo (China, 1950): "Renegade or Halo2" (1999)
David Bradley (USA, 1950): "The Chaneysville Incident" (1981)
Jane Smiley (USA, 1950): "Barn Blind" (1980)
Jane Smiley (USA, 1950): "Greenlanders" (1988)
Jane Smiley (USA, 1950): "A Thousand Acres" (1991) +
Jane Smiley (USA, 1950): "Moo" (1995)
Andrew-Norman Wilson (Britain, 1950): "The Sweets of Pimlico" (1977)
Andrew-Norman Wilson (Britain, 1950): "The Healing Art" (1980)
Andrew-Norman Wilson (Britain, 1950): "Who Was Oswald Fish" (1981)
Edward Hirsch (USA, 1950): "Wild Gratitude" (1986) [p]
Blake Morrison (Britain, 1950): "Dark Glasses" (1984) [p]
Blake Morrison (Britain, 1950): "The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper" (1987) [p]
Ahdaf Soueif (Egypt, 1950): "The Map Of Love" (1999)
Grace Nichols (Guyana, 1950): "I Is a Long-Memoried Woman" (1983) [p] +
David Brin (USA, 1950): "Earth" (1990)
Karen-Joy Fowler (USA, 1950): "The Jane Austen Book Club" (2004)
James Redfield (USA, 1950): "Celestine Prophecy" (1993)
Andrew Hudgins (USA, 1951): "The Never-Ending" (1991) [p]
Andrew Hudgins (USA, 1951): "After the Lost War" (1988) [p] +
Andrew Hudgins (USA, 1951): "Saints and Strangers" (1985) [p]
Richard Dresser (USA, 1951): "Human Error" (200#) [t]
Richard Dresser (USA, 1951): "Below the Belt" (1995) [t]
Allan Sealy (India, 1951): "The Trotter-Nama" (1988) +
Allan Sealy (India, 1951): "The Everest Hotel" (1998)
Sharman Macdonald (Britain, 1951): "The Winter Guest" (1995) [t]
Paul Muldoon (Britain, 1951): "Immram" (1980) [p] +
Paul Muldoon (Britain, 1951): "Madoc A Mystery" (1990) [p]
Paul Muldoon (Britain, 1951): "The Annals of Chile" (1994) [p]
Paul Muldoon (Britain, 1951): "Moy Sand and Gravel" (2002) [p] +
Greg Bear (USA, 1951): "Eon" (1985)
Orson Scott-Card (USA, 1951): "Hart's Hope" (1983)
Orson Scott-Card (USA, 1951): "Ender's Game" (1985) +
Orson Scott-Card (USA, 1951): "Speaker for the Dead" (1986)
Oscar Hijuelos (USA, 1951): "Our House in the Last World" (1983) +
Oscar Hijuelos (USA, 1951): "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" (1989)
Robert Harling (USA, 1951): "Steel Magnolias" (1987) [t]
Craig Lucas (USA, 1951): "Reckless" (1983) [t] +
Craig Lucas (USA, 1951): "Prelude to a Kiss" (1990) [t]
Craig Lucas (USA, 1951): "God's Heart" (1997) [t]
Craig Lucas (USA, 1951): "The Dying Gaul" (1998) [t] +
Walter Mosley (USA, 1952): "The Man in My Basement" (2003)
Douglas Adams (Britain, 1952): "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (1979)
Beth Henley (USA, 1952): "Crimes of the Heart" (1979) [t] +
Beth Henley (USA, 1952): "The Miss Firecracker Contest" (1984) [t] +
William Boyd (Britain, 1952): "A Good Man in Africa" (1981)
William Boyd (Britain, 1952): "An Ice-cream War" (1982)
William Boyd (Britain, 1952): "The New Confessions" (1987) +
William Boyd (Britain, 1952): "Blue Afternoon" (1993)
Helen Flint (USA, 1952): "Return Journey" (1987) +
Helen Flint (USA, 1952): "In Full Possession" (1989)
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Every Day is Mother's Day" (1985) +
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Vacant Possession" (1986)
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Eight Months on Ghazzah St" (1988)
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Fludd" (1989) +
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "A Place Of Greater Safety" (1992)
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "An Experiment in Love" (1995)
Hilary Mantel (Britain, 1952): "Wolf Hall" (2008) +
Jayne-Anne Phillips (USA, 1952): "Machine Dreams" (1984)
Padgett Powell (USA, 1952): "Edisto" (1984)
Stephen Poliakoff (Britain, 1952): "Hitting Town" (1975) [t]
Stephen Poliakoff (Britain, 1952): "Strawberry Fields" (1977) [t]
Stephen Poliakoff (Britain, 1952): "Caught on a Train" (1980) [t] +
Philip Gross (Britain, 1952): "The Ice Factory" (1984) [p]
Philip Gross (Britain, 1952): "The Wasting Game" (1998) [p]
Andrew Motion (Britain, 1952): "Natural Causes" (1987) [p]
Vikram Seth (India, 1952): "The Golden Gate" (1986)
Vikram Seth (India, 1952): "A Suitable Boy" (1993) +
Vikram Seth (India, 1952): "An Equal Music" (1999)
Vikram Seth (India, 1952): "Mappings" (1980) [p]
Vikram Seth (India, 1952): "The Humble Administrator's Garden" (1985) [p]
Michael Cunningham (USA, 1952): "A Home at the End of the World" (1990)
Michael Cunningham (USA, 1952): "The Hours" (1999)
Richard Vetere (USA, 1952): "The Third Miracle" (1997) +
Richard Vetere (USA, 1952): "Hale the Hero" (1990) [t]
Richard Vetere (USA, 1952): "Gangster Apparel" (1993) [t]
Richard Vetere (USA, 1952): "The Engagement" (1998) [t]
Rohinton Mistry (India, 1952): "A Fine Balance" (1996)
Jennifer Egan (USA, 1952): "Invisible Circus" (1995)
Jennifer Egan (USA, 1952): "A Visit from the Goon Squad" (2011) +
Franz Wright (USA, 1953): "Walking to Martha's Vineyard" (2004) [p]
Ronald Frame (Britain, 1953): "A Woman of Judah" (1988)
Alice McDermott (USA, 1953): "Charming Billy" (1998) +
Alice McDermott (USA, 1953): "A Bigamists' Daughter" (1982) +
Alice McDermott (USA, 1953): "That Night" (1987)
Alice McDermott (USA, 1953): "At Weddings and Wakes" (1992)
Lisa StAubin (Britain, 1953): "Keepers of the House" (1982)
Jo Shapcott (Britain, 1953): "Of Mutability" (2002) [p]
Walter Williams (USA, 1953): "Hardwired" (1986)
John Shirley (USA, 1953): "Eclipse Corona" (1990)
Neil Astley (Britain, 1953): "The End of My Tether" (2002)
Jane Hirshfield (USA, 1953): "Given Sugar Given Salt" (2001) [p]
Jane Hirshfield (USA, 1953): "After" (2006) [p]
Kurt Andersen (USA, 1954): "Turn of the Century" (1999)
Adam Zameenzad (Kenya, 1954): "Thirteenth House" (1987)
Adam Zameenzad (Kenya, 1954): "Cyrus Cyrus" (1990)
Alan Holinghurst (Britain, 1954): "The Line of Beauty" (2004)
Iain Banks (Britain, 1954): "The Wasp Factory" (1984)
James Buchan (Britain, 1954): "Heart's Journey in Winter" (1995)
Fiona Pitt-Kethley (USA, 1954): "Sky Ray Lolly" (1986) [p]
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" (1984) [t] +
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "Theodora, She-Bitch of Byzantium" (1984) [t]
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "Psycho Beach Party" (1987) [t]
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "he Lady in Question" (1989) [t]
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "Die, Mommie, Die" (1999) [t]
Charles Busch (USA, 1954): "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" (2000) [t]
Louise Erdrich (USA, 1954): "Love Medicine" (1985)
Louise Erdrich (USA, 1954): "The Beet Queen" (1986)
Mary Gaitskill (USA, 1954): "Two Girls Fat and Thin" (1991)
Mary Gaitskill (USA, 1954): "Veronica" (2005)
Carlo Gebler (Ireland, 1954): "The Eleventh Summer" (1985)
Alan Hollinghurst (Britain, 1954): "The Swimming-pool Party" (1988) +
Alan Hollinghurst (Britain, 1954): "The Folding Star" (1994)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Britain, 1954): "A Pale View of Hills" (1982)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Britain, 1954): "An Artist of the Floating World" (1986) +
Kazuo Ishiguro (Britain, 1954): "The Remains of the Day" (1989) +
Kazuo Ishiguro (Britain, 1954): "The Unconsoled" (1995) +
Hanif Kureishi (Britain, 1954): "The Buddha of Suburbia" (1990) +
Hanif Kureishi (Britain, 1954): "The Black Album" (1995)
Adam Mars-Jones (Britain, 1954): "The Waters of Thirst" (1993)
Tim Parks (Britain, 1954): "Tongues of Flame" (1985)
Jeremy Reed (Britain, 1954): "By The Fisheries" (1985) +
Jeremy Reed (Britain, 1954): "Inhabiting Shadows" (1990)
Jeremy Reed (Britain, 1954): "Diamond Nebula" (1994)
Anthony Minghella (Britain, 1954): "Made in Bangkok" (1986) [t]
Iain Banks (Britain, 1954): "Consider Phlebas" (1987)
Bruce Sterling (USA, 1954): "Schismatrix" (1985)
Francisco Goldman (USA, 1954): "The Long Night of White Chickens" (1998)
Francisco Goldman (USA, 1954): "The Divine Husband" (2005)
Jones Adam Mars: (Britain, 1955): "Waters of Thirst" (1993)
Neil Bissoondath (Trinidad, 1955): "Casual Brutality" (1988)
John Grisham (USA, 1955): "The Firm" (1991)
Jay McInerney (USA, 1955): "Bright Lights Big City" (1984) +
Jay McInerney (USA, 1955): "Ransom" (1985)
Jay McInerney (USA, 1955): "Story of my Life" (1988)
Candia McWilliam (Britain, 1955): "A Case of Knives" (1988) +
Candia McWilliam (Britain, 1955): "A Little Stranger" (1989)
Candia McWilliam (Britain, 1955): "Debatable Land" (1994)
Alexander Stuart (Britain, 1955): "War Zone" (1989)
Louise Page (Britain, 1955): "Salonika" (1982) [t]
Carol-Ann Duffy (Britain, 1955): "Standing Female Nude" (1985) [p] +
Carol-Ann Duffy (Britain, 1955):"Selling Manhattan" (1987) [p]
Carol-Ann Duffy (Britain, 1955):"Mean Time" (1993) [p] +
Carol-Ann Duffy (Britain, 1955):"Feminine Gospels" (2002) [p]
Alan Jenkins (Britain, 1955): "Harm" (1994) [p]
Alan Jenkins (Britain, 1955): "The Drift" (2000) [p]
Terry Johnson (Britain, 1955): "Insignificance" (1982) [t] +
Terry Johnson (Britain, 1955): "Hysteria" (1993) [t]
Terry Johnson (Britain, 1955): "Hitchcock Blonde" (2003) [t]
Brian Morton (USA, 1955): "Starting Out in the Evening" (1998)
Geraldine Brooks (Australia, 1955): "March" (2005)
Lisa See (USA, 1955): "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" (2005)
Lisa See (USA, 1955): "Shanghai Girls" (2009)
Piero Scaruffi (Italy, 1955): "Synthesis" (2009) [p]
Janet Fitch (USA, 1955): "White Oleander" (1999)
Robin Robertson (Britain, 1955): "The Wrecking Light" (2010) [p] +
Robin Robertson (Britain, 1955): "Swithering" (2006) [p]
Claudia Emerson (USA, 1957): "Late Wife" (2005) [p]
Howard Korder (USA, 1957): Night Maneuver (1982) [t]
Howard Korder (USA, 1957): Boy's Life (1988) [t]
Howard Korder (USA, 1957): Search and Destroy (1990) [t] +
Howard Korder (USA, 1957): The Lights (1993) [t]
Jack Womack (USA, 1956): "Random Acts Of Senseless Violence" (1993)
Elizabeth Strout (USA, 1956): "Olive Kitteridge" (2009)
Elizabeth Strout (USA, 1956): "Amy and Isabelle" (2000)
Jin Xuefei/ Ha Jin (China, 1956): "Waiting" (1999) +
Jin Xuefei/ Ha Jin (China, 1956): "War Trash" (2005)
Alexander Jablokov (USA, 1956): "Nimbus" (1993)
Sashi Tharoor (India, 1956): "The Great Indian Novel" (1989)
Upamanyu Chatterjee (India, 1956): "English August" (1988)
Gish Jen (USA, 1956): "Typical American" (1991)
Andrea Levy (Britain, 1956): "Small Island" (2003)
Shashi Tharoor (India, 1956): "Great Indian Novel" (1989)
Mark Leyner (USA, 1956): "Et Tu Babe" (1992)
John Stephen Fry (Britain, 1957): "The Hippopotamus" (1994)
Richard Powers (USA, 1957): "The Echo Maker" (2006)
Nicholson Baker (USA, 1957): "The Mezzanine" (1988) +
Nicholson Baker (USA, 1957): "The Fermata" (1994)
Amitav Ghosh (India, 1957): "Circle of Reason" (1986)
Amitav Ghosh (India, 1957): "The Shadow Lines" (1988) +
Amitav Ghosh (India, 1957): "Sea of Poppies" (2008)
Susan Minot (USA, 1957): "Monkeys" (1986)
Lorrie Moore (USA, 1957): "Who Will Run The Frog Hospital" (1994)
Tony Kushner (USA, 1957): "Angels in America" (1991) [t] +
Tony Kushner (USA, 1957): "Slavs" (1994) [t]
Michael Hofmann (Britain, 1957): "Acrimony" (1986) [p]
Kyoko Mori (Japan, 1957): "Stone Field True Arrow" (2000)
Claudia Emerson (Australia, 1957): "Pinion" (2002) [p]
Jane Hamilton (Australia, 1957): "A Map of the World" (1999)
Anne Michaels (Canada, 1958): "Fugitive Pieces" (1997)
Wayne Koestenbaum (USA, 1958): "Hotel Theory" (2007)
Michelle de Kretser (Sri Lanka, 1958): "The Hamilton Case" (2003)
Roddy Doyle (Ireland, 1958): "Commitments" (1987)
Roddy Doyle (Ireland, 1958): "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" (1993) +
Caryl Phillips (St Kitts, 1958): "The Final Passage" (1985) +
Caryl Phillips (St Kitts, 1958): "Higher Ground" (1989)
Caryl Phillips (St Kitts, 1958): "Crossing the River" (1993)
Benjamin Zephaniah (Britain, 1958): "Pen Rhythm" (1980) [p]
Irvine Welsh (Britain, 1958): "Trainspotting" (1993)
Rabih Alameddine (Lebanon, 1959): "Koolaids" (1998)
Jeanette Winterson (Britain, 1959): "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" (1985)
Jeanette Winterson (Britain, 1959): "The Passion" (1987)
Jim Cartwright (Britain, 1959): "Road" (1986) [t] +
Jim Cartwright (Britain, 1959): "Two" (1989) [t] +
Jim Cartwright (Britain, 1959): "The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice" (1992) [t]
Pat Cadigan (USA, 1959): "Mindplayers" (1987)
Jonathan Franzen (USA, 1959): "Strong Motion" (1992)
Jonathan Franzen (USA, 1959): "Freedom" (2010)
Jonathan Franzen (USA, 1959): "The Corrections" (2001) +
Wendy MacLeod (USA, 1959): "House of Yes" (1990) [t]
Wendy MacLeod (USA, 1959): "The Water Children" (1997) [t] +
Wendy MacLeod (USA, 1959): "Things Being What They Are" (2003) [t]
Jonathan Franzen (USA, 1959): "The Corrections" (2001)
Ben Okri (Nigeria, 1959): "The Landscapes Within" (1981)
Ben Okri (Nigeria, 1959): "The Famished Road" (1991) +
Ben Okri (Nigeria, 1959): "Astonishing the Gods" (1995)
Neal Stephenson (USA, 1959): "Diamond age" (1994)
Neal Stephenson (USA, 1959): "Snow Crash" (1991)
Neal Stephenson (USA, 1959): "Cryptonomicon" (1999)
William Vollmann (USA, 1959): "You Bright and Risen Angels" (1987)

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