1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (ENG)

Whether youre trying to broaden your literary horizons, find the perfect book for a friend, or simply select a good read for yourself, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is the only guide you will need to make the right choice. Offering concise critical insight to the novels and the writers that have fired imaginations and influenced cultures around the world, this newly updated edition runs the gamut from the first Latin novel to survive in its entirety to Dave Eggers highly topical novel about an all-seeing, all-knowing technology company, The Circle. Organized chronologically and covering the whole range of literary styles, this indispensable reference traces the history of world fiction. Discover the stories behind the adjectives Dickensian, Kafkaesque, Rabelaisian . . . and the writers behind the stories. From the dark recesses of the Marquis de Sades jail cell to Aldous Huxleys brave new world, and from the society of Barbara Pyms excellent women to Don DeLillos falling man, youll find critiques of the most important and bestselling fiction ever written. Delve into the pages of this sumptuously illustrated book and let general editor, Peter Boxall, guide you through the greatest novels that the world has to offer. Read and enjoy. Book Description A fully updated edition of the essential literature reference book, featuring reviews of the bestselling and most acclaimed novels of all time, along with more than 500 colour images of original book jackets. About the Author Peter Boxall is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sussex. He is author of many books on thenovel, including Don DeLillo: The Possibility of Fiction (2006), Since Beckett (2009), Twenty-First-Century Fiction (2013), and The Value of the Novel (2015). He is editor of the Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980 to the Present, co-editor, with Bryan Cheyette, of volume 7 of The Oxford History of the Novel, and withPeter Nicholls of Thinking Poetry. He is also editor, since 2009, of the UK journal Textual Practice. His most recent book, The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life, is forthcoming.

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