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Originally Posted by SmartyPants
just discovered this great thread! Lots of new titles for me to put on my wish list.. and lots of old favourites.
one that hasnt been mentioned yet i believe is A Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. I have read Salinger's other novels, but none have made such a strong impression on me as Catcher did.
Short stories by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian author).
And, since i am of a russian background, it is of course Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and all stories by Nabokov. I would be very interested to know if anyone of a non-russian background have read those and what they thought..
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When I was a kid (early 20's) I loved Nabokov. Not so much the big books like Ada and Lolita, but the devilish small novels like Camera Obscura and King, Queen Knave. His short stories were okay, but I don't remember then now like I do the "lesser" novels.
In the 80's there was also a smattering of women's fiction from the USSR that was published here in the US. One of those books, The Women's Decameron by Julia Voznesenskaya became one of my favorites in contemporary feminist literature.