The Best of the Best of the Very, Very Best
What is the very best work of American fiction published during the last 60 years? I could give you three guesses but, according to the National Book foundation, you’d probably be way off base. Of the 78 winners those 60 years represent, six finalists have already been selected. And, honestly? It’s a funny little list:
You can cast your vote here. The entire field can be seen here. Once you’ve done that, you might come back and let us know who you would have selected from 60 years of winners.
- The Stories of John Cheever
- Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
- The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
- The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
- Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
You can cast your vote here. The entire field can be seen here. Once you’ve done that, you might come back and let us know who you would have selected from 60 years of winners.
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2 Comments:
I selected Faulkner who, at the time, had only 12% of the vote.
Malcolm
I voted for Gravity Rainbow. How could Pynchon refuse to attend?
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