Reading List

[Lester]

Hello members,
I am in the process of putting together a reading list of world literature novels. The subject: 20th-century Visions of America from around the world. I have nothing yet and would like some help. Any suggestions?

[Whifflingpin]

?? "Perfect Friends" by John le Carre.


[Edit: oops, that might be 21st century, & you'ld probably be jailed for reading it in the US)
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[Whifflingpin]

"Across the Plains" - Rudyard Kipling


By "America" do you mean the U.S.A. or the continent?

If the latter, then:
Conrad's "Nostromo;"
Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory," "The Lawless Roads," "Honorary Consul," "The General," etc;
le Carre's "Tailor of Panama;"
John Buchan's "Sick Heart River;"
...

[Scheherazade]

Hello members,
The subject: 20th-century Visions of America from around the world. You mean how the US is seen by other nations? Ie, works of non-American authors about the US/Americans?

[Mark F.]

Definitely "Amerika" by Kafka.