This reference guide is unique in providing concise information on 200 landmark novels and their impacts on society throughout history and around the world.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
Africa.
Egypt.
Timeline.
The Cairo Trilogy (al-Thulathiyya), by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt, 1956–57).
God Dies by the Nile (Mawt al-rajul alwahīd ‘alā ‘l-ard), by Nawāl El Saadawi (Egypt, 1974).
Kenya.
Timeline.
Petals of Blood, by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Kenya, 1977).
Nigeria and Senegal.
Timeline.
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria, 1958).
The Interpreters, by Wole Soyinka (Nigeria, 1965).
So Long a Letter (Une si longue lettre), by Mariama Ba (Senegal, 1980).
Somalia.
Timeline.
Close Sesame, by Nuruddin Farah (Somalia, 1983).
South Africa.
Timeline.
The Story of an African Farm, by Olive Schreiner (South Africa, 1883).
Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (South Africa, 1948).
The Path of Thunder, by Peter Abrahams (South Africa, 1948).
The Conservationist, by Nadine Gordimer (South Africa, 1974).
Zimbabwe.
Timeline.
Children of Violence, by Doris Lessing (Zimbabwe, England, 1952–69).
Asia.
China.
Timeline.
Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou meng), by Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in (China, ca. 1769).
Flower in an Ocean of Sin (Nieh-hai hua), by Tseng P’u (China, 1905–1907).
The True Story of Ah-Q (AQ zhengzhuan), by Lu Xun (China, 1921).
Waves (Bodong), by Bei Dao (China, 1979).
India.
Timeline.
Untouchable, by Mulk Raj Anand (India, 1935).
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rush-die (India, England, 1988).
Indonesia.
Timeline.
This Earth of Mankind (Bumi Manusia), by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Indonesia, Java, 1980).
Japan.
Timeline.
Silence (Chimmoku), by Shusaku Endo (Japan, 1966).
The Twilight Years (Kokotsu no hito), by Sawako Ariyoshi (Japan, 1972).
Australia.
Australia.
Timeline.
For the Term of His Natural Life, by Marcus Clarke (Australia, 1874).
Robbery under Arms, by Rolf Boldre-wood (Australia, 1888).
My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin (Australia, 1901).
