History: A Novel
Novel by Italian author Elsa Morante, generally regarded as her most famous and controversial work
1970s
The Sea, the Sea
Novel by Iris Murdoch
Life of Pi
Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian Tamil boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 British epic historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, from a screenplay written by James Goldman, and Edward Bond, based on Robert K. Massie’s 1967 book of the same name, which is a partial account of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra
The Pound Era
Book by Hugh Kenner, published in 1971
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Novel by Milan Kundera, published in France in 1979. It is composed of seven separate narratives united by some common themes
The World According to Garp
John Irving’s fourth novel, about a man, born out of wedlock to a feminist leader, who grows up to be a writer
The Best and the Brightest
Account by journalist David Halberstam of the origins of the Vietnam War published by Random House
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
1972 semi-autobiographical novella by the Austrian writer Peter Handke
84, Charing Cross Road
1970 book by Helene Hanff, later made into a stage play, television play, and film, about the twenty-year correspondence between the author and Frank Doel, chief buyer of Marks & Co antiquarian booksellers, located at the eponymous address in London, England.