# The Modern Library

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- Authors: [Carmen Callil](https://www.bookquiver.com/carmen-callil), [Colm Toibin](https://www.bookquiver.com/colm-toibin)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-06-23

## Description

For Colm Toíbín and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing - there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their selection of the best 200 novels written since 1950, the editors make a case for the best and the best-loved works and argue why each should be considered a modern classic. Enlightening, often unexpected and always engaging this tour through the world of fiction is full of surprises, forgotten masterpieces and a valuable guide to what to read next. Authors in the collection include Agatha Christie, Georgette Heyer, Daphne du Maurier, Patrick Hamilton, Carson McCullers, J. D. Salinger, Bernard Malamud; Flannery O'Connor, Mulk Raj Anand, Raymond Chandler, L. P. Hartley, Amos Tutuola, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Samuel Beckett, Patricia Highsmith, Chinua Achebe, Isak Dineson, Alan Sillitoe, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Grace Paley, Harper Lee, Olivia Manning and Mordecai Richler.

## Editions

### The Modern Library

- Publisher: robinson
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4901-817-3
- Published: 2011-06-30
- Language: en_GB

### The Modern Library

- Publisher: robinson
- ISBN: 978-18-4901-676-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2011-06-23
- Language: en_GB