Best 20th Century Literature

>Aside from the usual brickbatting that accompanies any list that tries to encapsulate a century, the Modern Library's rankings has rankled both women and people of color.

>I don't know if this is the last great gasp of the white patriarchal male literary establishment, or if we are just going to try and bury all the wonderful writers out there," says Linda Bubin, co-owner of Women and Children First, a Chicago bookstore that specializes in feminist and children's books.

>I am surprised that the committee chose to omit African, Indian, South American, and Australian writers, many of whom write in English," posted Micky Black. "Also, what about Arab writers? How about more women writers such as Doris Lessing and Isak Dinesen?

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COME ON PEOPLE IT'S 1999

The book was supposed to depict a relatively far future at the time it was written

So then why does it take place in the past?

>and Australian
Isn't there a decent amount of respected South American writers, anyways? Borges and Marquez come to mind.

>Ayn Rand
>Ayn Rand
>L. Ron Hubbard

Why is the USA so full of fanatic cult loving nutjobs?

You should read Paris on the 20th Century

The dentist's office.

>tolkien
>not trash

How much of his work have you read?

>Ulysses as the greatest novel of the century? Sure. And Plan Nine from Outer Space was the best movie of the century, too."