Criteria:
-CANNOT be written by American/British author
-Must be at least 250 pages
-Must be fiction
-Must be published 1980
I know they're strict guidelines and I'm having a real hard time finding one! Please help!Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Need a book for AP literature class?Question: Need a book for AP literature class!? Criteria:
-CANNOT be written by American/British author -Must be at least 250 pages -Must be fiction -Must be published 1980 I know they're strict guidelines and I'm having a real hard time finding one! Please help!Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Before 1980 Victor Hugo-The Hunchback of Notre Dame Alexandre Dumas-The Three Muskateers Homer-The Odyssey Ayn Rand-Atlas Shrugged (She was born and raised in Russian but emigrated to USA so I don't know if she'll fit the not American/British criteria) Leslie Marmon Silko-Ceremony (She's Native American) Vladimir Nabokov-Lolita After 1980: Julia Alvarez-In the Time of Butterflies Amy Tan-Joy Luck Club Khaled Hosseini-The Kite Runner Yann Marte-Life of Pi Exactly 1980: uh!.!.!.that's a tough one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I'm assuming that you didn't leave out a "before" or "after" and the book had to be published in 1980 so how about one of these!? Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose - It's longer than you need but is a fantastic read!. http://www!.amazon!.com/Name-Rose-Everyman!.!.!. A Dry White Season by Andre Brink http://www!.amazon!.com/Dry-White-Season-A!.!.!. That's all I could come up with quickly!. If I think of another I'll add it later!. Edit: Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler http://www!.amazon!.com/Joshua-Then-Now-Mo!.!.!. Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard http://www!.amazon!.com/Transit-Venus-Shir!.!.!. Confederates by Thomas Keneally http://www!.amazon!.com/Confederates-Thoma!.!.!. Hope that helps!. Cheers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The year 1980 or before or after!. I can't believe someone would ask you to find a book written in 1980 only!. Prior to 1980 - (1967) One Hundred Years of Solitude by author Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)!. After 1980 - (2004) The Book Thief by Markus Zusack (Australia)Www@QuestionHome@Com Before or after 1980!?Www@QuestionHome@Com In 1980!? Exactly!? Or BEFORE 1980!? Does the book have to be in English, or can it be translated!? Some BEFORE 1980 16th Century Journey to the West, by Wu Chengen 17th Century Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 18th Century Dangerous Liasons, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 19th Century The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, by Jan Potocki Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy The Brothers Karamazov, by Theodor Dostoyevsky The Red and the Black, by Stendhal The Three Muskateers, by Alexandre Dumas Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo 20th Century The Gift, by Vladimir Nabokov One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez In 1980 Joshua Then and Now, by Mordecai Richler The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco The Impersonaters, by Jessica Anderson After 1980 The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende The Satanic Verses, by Salman RushdieWww@QuestionHome@Com |