blueberry_pie Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 and by "contemporary" I mean really "contemporary", like from last 2 decades. Which American authors or books do you like? Quote
Ceinwenn Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Jonathan Kellerman is probably my fave! Quote
Echo Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 I like John Irving, David Guterson, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, John Sandford, and Stephen King. Quote
KW Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Retro Nora Roberts. John Greene Markus Zusak Quote
KW Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Markus Zusak is Australian ROTFL...DUH. Okay, I was blonde once...what can I say!! Quote
shelbel Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Anne Tyler Jeffrey Eugeniades Cormac McCarthy John Updike Edited September 10, 2008 by shelbel Quote
Freewheeling Andy Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Cormac McCarthy Michael Chabon Philip Roth Thomas Pynchon (although at least the last two have been writing for 30 or 40 years, but the recent stuff is great) Quote
kernow_reader Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 I'd have to say Ann Tyler, Cormac McCarthy and TC Boyle. Quote
kernow_reader Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) I am a big Anne Tyler fan Tells a good story, doesn't she? If it's okay, I wish to add one more writer to my list - Oscar Hijuelos. Edited September 10, 2008 by Janet Fixed the quote :) Quote
kernow_reader Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Oh no. I just remembered *another* I'd like to add - sorry! Barbara Kingsolver. (Thanks) Quote
Inver Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Jennifer Chiaverini. She writes the Elm Creek Quilts series of books, starting with The Quilter's Apprentice. I was introduced to them by a friend who picked up a copy from someone. I was then sent copies of others by a very kind bookcrosser in the USA. They are lovely and if you go onto her webiste there is lots of patchwork stuff on it, photos etc. Quote
shelbel Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Michael Cunningham Jhumpa Lahiri Paul Auster Quote
polemole Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Anne Tyler is one of the best contemporary fiction writers, I also love reading Christopher Moore who writes contemporary/fantasy fiction. I also read a book called 'little children' by Tom Perrotta which I loved so I also read the only other book by him in my local library 'The Wishbones' which I loved as well. I must go to Amazon and see if Tom Perrotta has written any more books. Quote
poppy Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at Whistle Stop Cafe, Welcome To the World Baby Girl, Can't Wait To Get To Heaven, amongst others. Quote
blueberry_pie Posted September 21, 2008 Author Posted September 21, 2008 Anne Tyler is one of the best contemporary fiction writers... I'm interested. Which one oh her books will you recommend me to start with, The one that you love most? Quote
Chimera Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 I'm interested. Which one oh her books will you recommend me to start with, The one that you love most? You could start with Digging to America. It is the only one I've read by her but it's definitely one of my very favourite books. It starts when two families, the Donaldsons (as american as you can get) and the Yazdans (of iranian origin), meet in an airport where they have come to meet their adopted korean daughters. They decide to meet again and the book then follows them through the years, as the girls grow up and the two families grow closer. I found it to be both fascinating in the way it explores the themes of family and most of all cultural identity (What culture would you say defines a korean born little girl who is being raised in america by a family still very much attached to its Iranian origins?), and extremely funny in some parts. Quote
muggle not Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Cormac McCarthy rates high, any decade, any Country. hmmm, I haven't seen anyone mention John Grisham. Quote
Chimera Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 I'd add Jonathan Safran Foer, the author of Extremely loud and incredibly close. Quote
muggle not Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Cormac McCarthy rates high, any decade, any Country. hmmm, I haven't seen anyone mention John Grisham. How about Stephen King. Quote
Lindsay Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Did anyone mention Jay McInerny? Very interesting zeitgeist stuff from the 1980s to post 9/11. Also John Updike - Terrorist, a relatively recent one, is very good. Quote
Mysterioso Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 In no particular order as they are all purely brilliant... Denis Johnson Cormac McCarthy Ron Rash Dennis Lehane James Lee Burke Willy Valutin Mark Poirier Leif Enger Quote
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