之前New York Times也辦過這活動 這次在布克獎公佈前夕，衛報也來玩投票活動 過去25年(1980-2005)來"最佳"的小說(fiction)第一名是 柯慈(JM Coetzee)的屈辱(Disgrace) 比較好奇的是Derek Walcott的Omeros(1990)不是長詩嗎? -_-? http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,, 1890247,00.html A recent poll in the New York Times named Toni Morrison's Beloved as the greatest work of American fiction in the past 25 years. But what about over here? On the eve of this year's Booker Prize, we asked 150 literary luminaries to vote for the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005. .......... First place Disgrace (1999) by JM Coetzee Second place Money (1984) by Martin Amis Joint third place Earthly Powers (1980) by Anthony Burgess Atonement (2001) by Ian McEwan The Blue Flower (1995) by Penelope Fitzgerald The Unconsoled (1995) by Kazuo Ishiguro Midnight's Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie Joint eighth place The Remains of the Day (1989) by Kazuo Ishiguro Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern That They May Face the Rising Sun (2001) by John McGahern Other nominations Hawksmoor (1985) Peter Ackroyd The Old Devils (1986) Kingsley Amis Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) Kate Atkinson The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Margaret Atwood An Awfully Big Adventure (1989) Beryl Bainbridge The Wasp Factory (1984) Iain Banks The Untouchable (1997) John Banville The Regeneration Trilogy (1991-95) Pat Barker Flaubert's Parrot (1984) Julian Barnes A Long, Long Way (2005) Sebastian Barry Ill Seen Ill Said (1981) Samuel Beckett Possession: A Romance (1990) AS Byatt True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) Peter Carey A Perfect Spy (1986) John le Carre Nights at the Circus (1984), Wise Children (1991) Angela Carter Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), Age of Iron (1990), Masters of Petersburg (1994) JM Coetzee The Barrytown Trilogy (1987-91) Roddy Doyle Gwendolen (1989) Buchi Emecheta Birdsong (1993) Sebastian Faulks The Beginning of Spring (1988) Penelope Fitzgerald To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy (1980-89) William Golding Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1983), 1982, Janine (1984) Alasdair Gray Transit of Venus (1981) Shirley Hazzard Ridley Walker (1980) Russell Hoban The Line of Beauty (2004) Alan Hollinghurst Never Let Me Go (2005) Kazuo Ishiguro A Disaffection (1989), How Late It Was, How Late (1994) James Kelman The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) Hanif Kureishi English Passengers (2004) Matthew Kneale The Life of Pi (2002) Yann Martel As Meat Loves Salt (2001) Maria McCann The Comfort of Strangers (1981), Enduring Love (1997) Ian McEwan No Great Mischief (1999) Alistair MacLeod Fugitive Pieces (1996) Anne Michaels The Restraint of Beasts (1998) Magnus Mills A Fine Balance (1995) Rohinton Mistry Mother London (1988) Michael Moorcock The Enigma of Arrival (1987) VS Naipaul After You'd Gone (2000) Maggie O'Farrell His Dark Materials Trilogy (1995-2000) Philip Pullman I Was Dora Suarez (1990) Derek Raymond Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005) JK Rowling The God of Small Things (1997) Arundhati Roy A Suitable Boy (1993) Vikram Seth Hotel World (2001) Ali Smith A Far Cry From Kensington (1988) Muriel Spark The White Hotel (1981) DM Thomas Restoration (1989) Sacred Country (1992) Rose Tremain Omeros (1990) Derek Walcott The Passion (1987) Jeanette Winterson --

※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 124.8.84.130