Celebrating the announcement of Mo Yan as 2012's Nobel Laureate in Literature, we thought we'd dig into our bookfinder archives and show you some books by previous Nobel Laureates.
Books by Nobel Laureates in Literature
Celebrating the announcement of Mo Yan as 2012's Nobel Laureate in Literature, we thought we'd dig into our bookfinder archives and show you some books by previous Nobel Laureates.
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Collected Stories
PenguinBellow died in 2005; this collection of his shorter fiction is a worthy testament to his writing. -
Disgrace
VintageThis examination into the sexual and politcal lawlines of modern South Africa as it tries desperately to start a fresh page in its history is chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable. -
Hunger
CanongateSet in Oslo, Hunger is a compelling journey into the mind of a young writer who is driven by starvation to constantly fluctuating extremes of euphoria and despair. -
A Moveable Feast
Arrow BooksHemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the 1920s are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. -
Plain Tales from the Hills
Oxford University PressKipling's early tales of the Raj were collected in this volume, his first published book, in 1888. -
Collected African Stories Volume 1: This Was the Old Chief's Country
FlamingoLessing explores the tensions between the white and black communities living side by side in early twentieth-century Africa in these 13 stories. -
Love in the Time of Cholera
PenguinFlorentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has waited nearly a lifetime in silence since his beloved Fermina married another man. No woman can replace her in his heart. -
The Changeling
Atlantic BooksThe Changeling is the story of a famous novelist, Kogito, and how he keeps a connection alive with his film director friend, Goro, who has recently killed himself by jumping off a building in the city. -
Snow
Faber and FaberSnow is a profoundly modern and universal novel, interested less in the real-life historical drama that forms the backdrop than in the emotional and moral dilemma of Jakob Torn -
Doctor Zhivago
Vintage ClassicsDoctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. -
The Elephant's Journey
Harvill SeckerIn the 16th century, Soloman the elephant left his Indian homeland to become the resident pachyderm at King Dom João III's palace in Lisbon. However, two years later, the King decides to send Soloman as a wedding gift to his... -
Ake: The Years of Childhood
Methuen PublishingThe first volume of Wole Soyinka's acclaimed series of autobiographical works. This vivid, exuberant book is the author's account of his childhood in colonial Nigeria. -
The Long Valley
Penguin ClassicsThese stories are set in Steinbeck's birthplace, the rolling Salinas Valley in California. They explore the tensions between men and women, the individual and society, and humanity and the natural world. -
Selected Short Stories
Penguin ClassicsWritten during the 1890s, the stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes. -
Shifu You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
MethuenEight short stories, written over the past twenty years: surrealistic political fables, ghost stories, tales of failed and perverse love, and stories about the destructive effects of superstition and ignorance.
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