Thread: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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Old 08-30-2005, 09:32 PM
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First is certainly John Barth. Hemingway is second (though of more historical importance than Barth). Third I think is Don Delilo. I haven't read Faulkner or Henry Miller yet so I don't know about them. If we include immigrants then the winner would be Nabokov.

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I just can't get fully into Nabokov. His technical mastery is incredible, but his stuff has a certain artificial quality to it. Really liked Lolita and Glory , though.

Tim O'Brien is a really strong contender for the last third of the 20th century, IMO.
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