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Beloved and Other Things

12th May 2006

Beloved and Other Things

posted in Lawyering and the Like, The Kitchen Sink |

Interesting list in the New York Times of the best works in American fiction in the last 25 years.  Toni Morrison’s Beloved topped the list. 

I think it’s an excellent choice, although I’m probably not in a position to say since I haven’t read many of the books on the list.  Sad considering the fact that I was an English Lit major and think of myself as a rather avid (or formerly avid) reader.  Unfortunately, reading cases all day has made a major dent in my propensity to read in my spare time.  And has significantly decreased the amount of spare time I have.  

I hate how work is always getting in the way of not working.

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  1. 1 On May 14th, 2006, echan said:

    Hm, I am not surprised that Beloved topped this list. But with the excepton of Beloved, this list appears skewed towards older, white male writers. I was a bit surprised that no one from the Jonathan Franzen / Michael Chabon generation appeared on this list, despite being lavished with praise.

    posted on May 14th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

  2. 2 On May 14th, 2006, Y. said:

    Maybe by when they said they sent out letters to “a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages” asking them to identify the top 25 novels, they really meant they sent a couuple of hundred letters to Philip Roth and Don DeLillo. =)

    But yes, I’m slightly surprsied Frazen/Chabon didn’t make the list.

    posted on May 14th, 2006 at 1:54 pm

  3. 3 On May 16th, 2006, ML said:

    I read/liked The Things They Carried and The Known World. I would recommend the first one especially. I also liked Beloved. Good job NY Times. Thanks for sharing Y.

    posted on May 16th, 2006 at 9:14 am