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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 14:30:25 GMT
Early McEwan is normally very good. I particularly enjoyed The Innocent which evokes Berlin in the aftermath of the war beautifully. As his novels became weightier and more ambitious, he worsened somehow. Saturday is probably the worst novel I've read from anyone, so bad I vowed never again to read him.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 14:42:32 GMT
During English literature class, we had to read 30 books/poetry collections for our exam. Ideally, a good mix of different time periods. It was allowed to put American writers on your list but not really encouraged. I think the reason was the exams committee thought American English a bastardised version of 'proper' English. Whatever. Although I have read quite a bit by English/Irish/Scottish writers, the Americans outweigh them by far. Not a wonder given the USA is a bigger pool. I was just wondering the other day if I am not missing out. What would be UK equivalents to these writers (roughly same time period) J.D. Salinger Hemingway Scott Fitzgerald Saul Bellow Paul Auster Kerouac Bellow is Canadian although he spend lots of time in Chicago.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 14:44:56 GMT
I think this would be interesting to do with playwrights vs. short story authors/novelists.
Is there any UK playwrights that could be comparable to August Wilson or David Mamet?
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 28, 2021 14:46:06 GMT
Mamet reminds me a bit of Pinter
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Post by tory on Oct 28, 2021 15:10:10 GMT
It's interesting that no-one has mentioned any WOMEN yet.
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Post by DarknessFish on Oct 28, 2021 15:27:08 GMT
You did, and I did. I discounted Iris Murdoch, classified her as Irish. I don't tend to read many female authors though, it has to be said.
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Post by Sneelock on Oct 28, 2021 15:30:20 GMT
Mamet reminds me a bit of Pinter really? I think he's closer to Mickey Spillane.
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Post by Sneelock on Oct 28, 2021 15:32:29 GMT
Of all the US writers mentioned so far the only one I appreciate is Vonnegut because all of the others' books were too hard for me to read. Hard? I have a feeling that I'm a way bigger Archie & Jughead type reader than you and I don't know that I find them hard. I love Vonnegut myself but I think those other guys are pretty great too.
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Post by Sneelock on Oct 28, 2021 15:36:15 GMT
great lists. nobody's mentioned Wiliam Golding yet so I just did.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2021 16:03:39 GMT
Mamet reminds me a bit of Pinter really? I think he's closer to Mickey Spillane. I think the only comparison I'd make is both playwrights were very precise in how they wanted their lines spoken. There was a certain cadence and meter they wanted the actors to adhere to.
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Post by cousinlou on Oct 28, 2021 16:25:04 GMT
An English writer I love very much is Alan Silletoe, especially Saturdaynight and Sunday morning and The Loneliness Of The Longdistance Runner.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Oct 28, 2021 16:26:08 GMT
An English writer I love very much is Alan Silletoe, especially Saturdaynight and Sunday morning and The Loneliness Of The Longdistance Runner. love the films, never read the books.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 16:35:51 GMT
It's interesting that no-one has mentioned any WOMEN yet. Which women should have been mentioned as equivalents of the writers in the opening post?
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Post by rayge on Oct 28, 2021 16:48:36 GMT
It's interesting that no-one has mentioned any WOMEN yet. apart from you and Darkness Fish.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Oct 28, 2021 16:51:00 GMT
It's interesting that no-one has mentioned any WOMEN yet. Which women should have been mentioned as equivalents of the writers in the opening post? enid blyton jilly cooper
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