20TH CENTURY CIVILIZATION
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20th Century History 20th Century Culture 20th Century Literature 20th Century Autobiography
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20TH CENTURY WORLD LITERATURE
INDIAN LITERATURE Poetry Drama Essay Life Writing Fiction
Anand, Mulk Raj (1905-2004) UNTOUCHABLE - COOLIE - TWO LEAVES and a BUD - VILLAGE - ACROSS THE BLACK WATERS - SWORD and SICKLE - BIG HEART
Narayan, R. K. (1906-2001) SWAMI and FRIENDS - BACHELOR of ARTS - DARKROOM - ENGLISH TEACHER - PRINTER of MALGUDI - FINANCIAL EXPERT - WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA - GUIDE - MAN-EATER OF MALGUDI - VENDOR OF SWEETS - PAINTER of SIGNS - WORLD OF NAGARAJ
Rao, Raja KANTHAPURA - THE SERPENT and THE ROPE
Ali, Ahmet TWILIGHT IN DELHI
Singh, Khushwant TRAIN to PAKISTAN - DELHI: A NOVEL
Mitra, Narendranath MAHANAGAR / BIG CITY
Markandaya, Kamala NECTAR IN A SIEVE - SILENCE of DESIRE - A HANDFUL OF RICE
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer (1927-2013) NATURE of PASSION - HEAT and DUST (1975)
Ananthamurthy, U. R. SAMSKARA
Desai, Anita (1937- ) CRY, The PEACOCK - BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN - CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY - IN CUSTODY -
BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY - FASTING FEASTING
Mukherjee, Bharati(1940-2017) JASMINE
Rushdie, Salman(1947- ) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN - SATANIC VERSES
Ghosh, Amitav GLASS PALACE - HUNGRY TIDE - SEA of POPPIES - RIVER of SMOKE - FLOOD of FIRE
Chatterjee, Upamanyu ENGLISH, AUGUST: AN INDIAN STORY - THE LAST BURDEN
Roy, Arundhati (1961- ) GOD of SMALL THINGS
Chaudhuri, Amit STRANGE and SUBLIME ADDRESS - IMMORTALS
Desai, Kiran HULLABOLU GUAVA ORCHARD - INHERITANCE of LOSS
Adiga, Aravind WHITE TIGER - LAST MAN in the TOWER
Bhagat, Chetan ONE INDIAN GIRL - TWO STATES - HALF GIRLFRIEND
JAPANESE LITERATURE Poetry Drama Essay Life Writing Fiction
Early 20th (1915-1950)
Akutagawa Ryûnosuke EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Rashomon, Hell Screen, Kappa, Cogwheels)
Shiga Naoya DARK NIGHT'S PASSING - EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Han’s Crime, At Kinosaki, The Razor, The Shopboy’s God)
Nagai Kafû THE RIVER SUMIDA - GEISHA IN RIVALRY - STRANGE TALE FROM EAST OF THE RIVER
Dazai Osamu THE SETTING SUN - NO LONGER HUMAN
Kawabata Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY - THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTER OF GO - THE OLD CAPITAL
Tanizaki Jun’ichirô NAOMI - ARROWROOT - PORTRAIT OF SHUNKIN - THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - BRIDGE OF DREAMS
Mid-20th (1950-1980)
Ibuse Masuji CASTAWAYS - BLACK RAIN
Inoue Yasushi THE ROOF TILE OF TEMPYO - CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (memoir)
Ôoka Shôhei TAKEN CAPTIVE - FIRES ON THE PLAIN
Yasuoka Shôtarô A VIEW BY THE SEA
Shiba Ryôtarô CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL - THE LAST SHOGUN - DRUNK AS A LORD (four samurai tales)
Endô Shûsaku THE SEA AND POISON - SILENCE - DEEP RIVER
Mishima Yukio CONFESSIONS OF A MASK - TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION - THE SEA OF FERTILITY (tetralogy of novels)
Abe Kôbô THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES - THE FACE OF ANOTHER - THE BOX MAN - THE ARKSAKURA
Enchi Fumiko THE WAITING YEARS - MASKS
Ariyoshi Sawako THE RIVER KI - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - THE TWILIGHT YEARS
Ôe Kenzaburô THE CATCH - A PERSONAL MATTER - THE SILENT CRY - A HEALING FAMILY
Late-20th (1980- present)
Nakagami Kenji THE CAPE
Murakami Haruki A WILD SHEEP CHASE - NORWEGIAN WOOD - THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - KAFKA ON THE SHORE - 1Q8
Yoshimoto Banana KITCHEN - GOODBYE TSUGUMI