I think it is brilliant and the best summer read ever!" A writes: "I suggest ' Zero Degree' written by Charu Nivedita, the boldest experiment in Indian literature which was quite successful and reached the right audience."Īndrea Fejer, Cambridge, UK: "I nominate ' The Magus' by John Fowles. This novel had a profound influence on later Latin American writers and has been admired by greats such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Salvador Martinez: "I nominate ' Pedro Páramo' by Juan Rulfo translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Wendy Siera, New York: "I choose Edward Bellamy's ' Looking Backward.' Maybe this look back from 1888 can spark some interesting discussion- on health care, on work, on education and on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Sean Kelly Robinson: "I would like to nominate Jayne Anne Phillip's debut collection, ' Black Tickets.' I am eager to explore her fiction after discovering her last year with 'Lark and Termite.'" Well researched, well written and thoroughly entertaining."īernadette Jansen op de Haar, London: "I would like to nominate ' The Lonely Tree' by Yael Politis, because is a moving novel about the soul of Israel, told through a great love story, which manages to survive during the violent birth of a new nation." Kate Coleman, London, UK: "I nominate ' The House of Wittgenstein, A Family at War' by Alexander Waugh.
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