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Conversation in the Cathedral (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Conversation in the Cathedral
81
Mario Vargas Llosa
Halbzeit (Martin Walser)
Halbzeit
82
Martin Walser
Ashe of Rings (Mary Butts)
Ashe of Rings
83
Mary Butts
I'm Not Stiller (Max Frisch)
I'm Not Stiller
84
Max Frisch
The Time of the Doves (Mercè Rodoreda)
The Time of the Doves
85
Mercè Rodoreda
Passing Time (Michael Butor)
Passing Time
86
Michael Butor
Gemini (Michel Tournier)
Gemini
87
Michel Tournier
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
88
Mikhail Bulgakov
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
89
Nadine Gordimer
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
90
Naguib Mahfouz
The City and the House (Natalia Ginzburg)
The City and the House
91
Natalia Ginzburg
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
92
Orhan Pamuk
Le Mosche Del Capitale (Paolo Volponi)
Le Mosche Del Capitale
93
Paolo Volponi
The Vivisector (Patrick White)
The Vivisector
94
Patrick White
English Music (Peter Ackroyd)
English Music
95
Peter Ackroyd
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
Illywhacker
96
Peter Carey
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Peter Handke)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
97
Peter Handke
River of Fire (Qurratulain Hyder)
River of Fire
98
Qurratulain Hyder
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
99
Ralph Ellison
The Public Burning (Robert Coover)
The Public Burning
100
Robert Coover
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
101
Robert Musil
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
102
Roberto Bolano
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
103
Rudolfo Anaya
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
104
Salman Rushdie
Insatiability (Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz)
Insatiability
105
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar (Syl Cheney-Coker)
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar
106
Syl Cheney-Coker
L'invention Du Désert (Tahar Djaout)
L'invention Du Désert
107
Tahar Djaout
Bandarshah (Tayeb Salih)
Bandarshah
108
Tayeb Salih
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
109
Thomas Mann
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
110
Thomas Pynchon
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
111
Virginia Woolf
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
112
Vladimir Nabokov
Marketa Lazarova (Vladislav Vančura)
Marketa Lazarova
113
Vladislav Vančura
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
114
W.G. Sebald
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
115
Walker Percy
The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather)
The Song of the Lark
116
Willa Cather
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
117
William Faulkner
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
118
William Gaddis
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
119
William Gass
The Polyglots (William Gerhardie)
The Polyglots
120
William Gerhardie
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