The Modern Novel is a website curated by Mia Couto consisting of lists and descriptions of literary fiction by apparently every nation on earth, as well as many non-independent regions. Cuoto considers all fictional works of literary value from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries.
It's fun to browse. For example, what authors are from Liechtenstein? Perhaps the most famous author of literary fiction from the tiny principality is Jens Dittmar, who wrote Sterben Kann Jeder. This title translates as Anyone Can Die. A summary is here.
Liechtenstein is--mostly--an independent nation. Chukotka, which is the westernmost part of Russia, is not. But this sparsely-inhabited region claims the author Yuri Rytkheu, who wrote the 1970 novel A Dream in Polar Fog.
Explore The Modern Novel. Do you see any surprises or are inspired to read some listed works?
-via Marginal Revolution | Image: Amazon
Comments (0)