a blog about a lot of things

Disclaimer: I'm sure there will be many authors I've missed out simply because I haven't heard of them. It is impossible for me to read anything not published or translated into English or French. Or works that I cannot get a hold of even if translations exist ( the book market in Trinidad is a bit limited. It's not a perfect world). I'm making guesses with the material I have and hopefully the guesses are good. In no particular order: 12.  Thomas Pynchon - United States of America Language : English Genres: Short stories; Novels; Essays Reference Works: V. (1963); The Crying of Lot 49 (1966); Gravity's Rainbow (1974); Mason & Dixon (1997) 11. Martin Amis - England Language:  English Genres: Novels; Short Stories, Essays Reference Works: Other People (1981); Money (1984); Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998) 10. Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Kenya Language: English, Gikuyu Genres: Novels, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Children...

Disclaimer: I'm sure there will be many authors I've missed out simply because I haven't heard of them. It is impossible for me to read anything not published or translated into English or French. Or works that I cannot get a hold of even if translations exist ( the book market in Trinidad is a bit limited. It's not a perfect world). I'm making guesses with the material I have and hopefully the guesses are good. In no particular order: 12. David Malouf - Australia Language: English Genre: Novels; Short Stories; Plays; Poetry Reference Works: The Great World (1990); Remembering Babylon (1993); The Complete Stories (2007) 11. Assia Djebar - Algeria Language : French Genre: Novels; Essays; Short Stories Reference Works: Les Impatients (1958); Loin de Medine (1991); Vaste est la prison (1995) 10. Jonathan Franzen - United States of America Language: English Genres: Novels;Essays Reference Works: The Corrections (2001); How to be Alone...

Disclaimer: I'm sure there will be many authors I've missed out simply because I haven't heard of them. It is impossible for me to read anything not published or translated into English or French. Or works that I cannot get a hold of even if translations exist ( the book market in Trinidad is a bit limited. It's not a perfect world). I'm making guesses with the material I have and hopefully the guesses are good. In no particular order: 12. Ian McEwan -  England Language: English Genres: Novels; Short Stories; Children's Stories; Plays; Screenplays; Libretto Reference Works: The Comfort of Strangers (1981); Amsterdam (1988); Atonement (2001);On Chesil Beach (2007) 11. Nuruddin Farah - Somalia Language: English, Somali Genres: Novels; Plays; Essays Reference Works: From A Crooked Rib (1970); A Naked Needle (1976); Variations on  the Theme of An African Dictatorship (trilogy)- 1979-1983 10. Kamau Brathwaite - Barbados Language: English ...

Disclaimer: I'm sure there will be many authors I've missed out simply because I haven't heard of them. It is impossible for me to read anything not published or translated into English or French. Or works that I cannot get a hold of even if translations exist ( the book market in Trinidad is a bit limited. It's not a perfect world). I'm making guesses with the material I have and hopefully the guesses are good. In no particular order: 12. Chinua Achebe - Nigeria Language : English Genres: Poems; Short Stories; Essays; Novels Reference Works: Things Fall Apart (1958); A Man of the People (1966); Hopes and Impediments (1988) 11. E.L. Doctorow - United States of America Language: English Genre: Novels, Essays, Short Stories, Plays Reference Works: The Book of Daniel (1971); Ragtime (1975); The March (2005) 10. Yasar Kemal - Turkey Language : Turkish Genre: Novel, Plays Reference Works: Memed, My Hawk (1955); Teneke (1955); The Legen...

Picked from directors who are Africa, Middle Eastern or film in these countries a lot. In the languages of the country that they're filming in (which means English, French and Portuguese counts). Or African and Middle Eastern languages . To qualify I'm making it that the director has to release an excellent film (in my opinion) during the 21st century and I need to be able to find at least 3 excellent reference films. Same criteria as the previous list. I'm counting Israel as part of Europe, so there won't be any Israeli directors on this list. My geography is sketchy so I'm using the basis of where the national team plays their football (Israel plays in UEFA). I know the Middle East counts as AFC for football, but the list looks better like this. 16. Idrissa Ouedraogo -Burkina Faso Directing Timespan : 1981- present Reference Films: Yaaba (1989), Tilai(1990), Anger of the Gods (2003) 15.Mai Masri- Palestine Directing Timespan : 1987- p...