Not a specific book, but I think Kazuo Ishiguro’s body of work makes him a “new classic” author. |
It’s so overwritten, too. But there was something particularly distressing about it. It felt performative, like a contest to inflict maximum pain on a gay male character. At some point it feels exploitative. |
There There by Tommy Orange
On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong All the Light We Cannot See Tony Doer Sing Unburied Sing Jesmyn Ward White Teeth Zaide Smith Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders |
The NYT has compiled their best books from 2000 on. I was struck by how how “meh” I felt by them even if I liked them at the time. |
Yes. He won the Nobel Prize l, too. Alice Munro is another winner who I think will be a new classic. |
It’s torture porn. |
Hunger Games--I can see that being assigned in HS English classes. So many relevant themes about the nature of a just war. |
Agreed |
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Demon Copperhead
Pachinko Maybe: The Hour I First Believed Middlesex |
It’s already used a lot in dystopian novel units. |
Both short story collections by Ted Chiang |
I just picked up two books:
Lucy Ellman, Ducks, Newburyport Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead |
You are off topic. Can't believe you call yourself a reader. |
I agree with you on Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. The writing is excellent. |