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之前New York Times也辦過這活動
這次在布克獎公佈前夕，衛報也來玩投票活動
過去25年(1980-2005)來"最佳"的小說(fiction)第一名是
柯慈(JM Coetzee)的屈辱(Disgrace)
比較好奇的是Derek Walcott的Omeros(1990)不是長詩嗎? -_-?
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,
1890247,00.html
A recent poll in the New York Times named Toni Morrison's
Beloved as the greatest work of American fiction in the past
25 years. But what about over here? On the eve of this year's
Booker Prize, we asked 150 literary luminaries to vote for
the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005.
..........
First place
Disgrace (1999)
by JM Coetzee
Second place
Money (1984)
by Martin Amis
Joint third place
Earthly Powers (1980)
by Anthony Burgess
Atonement (2001)
by Ian McEwan
The Blue Flower (1995)
by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Unconsoled (1995)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Midnight's Children (1981)
by Salman Rushdie
Joint eighth place
The Remains of the Day (1989)
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Amongst Women (1990)
by John McGahern
That They May Face the Rising Sun (2001)
by John McGahern
Other nominations
Hawksmoor (1985) Peter Ackroyd
The Old Devils (1986) Kingsley Amis
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) Kate Atkinson
The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Margaret Atwood
An Awfully Big Adventure (1989) Beryl Bainbridge
The Wasp Factory (1984) Iain Banks
The Untouchable (1997) John Banville
The Regeneration Trilogy (1991-95) Pat Barker
Flaubert's Parrot (1984) Julian Barnes
A Long, Long Way (2005) Sebastian Barry
Ill Seen Ill Said (1981) Samuel Beckett
Possession: A Romance (1990) AS Byatt
True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) Peter Carey
A Perfect Spy (1986) John le Carre
Nights at the Circus (1984), Wise Children (1991) Angela Carter
Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), Age of Iron (1990),
Masters of Petersburg (1994) JM Coetzee
The Barrytown Trilogy (1987-91) Roddy Doyle
Gwendolen (1989) Buchi Emecheta
Birdsong (1993) Sebastian Faulks
The Beginning of Spring (1988) Penelope Fitzgerald
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy (1980-89) William Golding
Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1983), 1982, Janine (1984) Alasdair Gray
Transit of Venus (1981) Shirley Hazzard
Ridley Walker (1980) Russell Hoban
The Line of Beauty (2004) Alan Hollinghurst
Never Let Me Go (2005) Kazuo Ishiguro
A Disaffection (1989), How Late It Was, How Late (1994) James Kelman
The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) Hanif Kureishi
English Passengers (2004) Matthew Kneale
The Life of Pi (2002) Yann Martel
As Meat Loves Salt (2001) Maria McCann
The Comfort of Strangers (1981), Enduring Love (1997) Ian McEwan
No Great Mischief (1999) Alistair MacLeod
Fugitive Pieces (1996) Anne Michaels
The Restraint of Beasts (1998) Magnus Mills
A Fine Balance (1995) Rohinton Mistry
Mother London (1988) Michael Moorcock
The Enigma of Arrival (1987) VS Naipaul
After You'd Gone (2000) Maggie O'Farrell
His Dark Materials Trilogy (1995-2000) Philip Pullman
I Was Dora Suarez (1990) Derek Raymond
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005) JK Rowling
The God of Small Things (1997) Arundhati Roy
A Suitable Boy (1993) Vikram Seth
Hotel World (2001) Ali Smith
A Far Cry From Kensington (1988) Muriel Spark
The White Hotel (1981) DM Thomas
Restoration (1989) Sacred Country (1992) Rose Tremain
Omeros (1990) Derek Walcott
The Passion (1987) Jeanette Winterson
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