The Penguin Modern Classics Book
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Summary
The essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world
For six decades the Penguin Modern Classics series has been an era-defining， ever-evolving series of books， encompassing works by modernist pioneers， avant-garde iconoclasts， radical visionaries and timeless storytellers。
This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far， with more than 1，800 books and 600 authors， from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig。
It is the essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world， and the companion volume to The Penguin Classics Book。
Bursting with lively descriptions， surprising reading lists， key literary movements and over two thousand cover images， The Penguin Modern Classics Book is an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years。
For six decades the Penguin Modern Classics series has been an era-defining， ever-evolving series of books， encompassing works by modernist pioneers， avant-garde iconoclasts， radical visionaries and timeless storytellers。
This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far， with more than 1，800 books and 600 authors， from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig。
It is the essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world， and the companion volume to The Penguin Classics Book。
Bursting with lively descriptions， surprising reading lists， key literary movements and over two thousand cover images， The Penguin Modern Classics Book is an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years。
Reviews
Carlton
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A beautifully produced gift book that is a joy for book lovers who have grown up with Penguins as one of their literary foundations。This was a present to myself this Christmas， and makes for nostalgic Proustian reveries about the enjoyment of past reading， as well as minor surprises， such as that:• The edition of Ulysses that I read was the first “B” format PMC， which is now the standard size for paperbacks• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter， which I first read in a King Penguin edition， is no A beautifully produced gift book that is a joy for book lovers who have grown up with Penguins as one of their literary foundations。This was a present to myself this Christmas， and makes for nostalgic Proustian reveries about the enjoyment of past reading， as well as minor surprises， such as that:• The edition of Ulysses that I read was the first “B” format PMC， which is now the standard size for paperbacks• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter， which I first read in a King Penguin edition， is not published as a PMC， probably due to copyright （similar for Milan Kundera’s books， which I first read as King Penguin）• Even more surprisingly， Olivia Manning’s The Levant Trilogy is published as a PMC， but the preceding The Balkan Trilogy isn’t， again probably due to copyright • The surprising number of books that I read which have now been published in a PMC edition， some of which I was surprised had not been PMC editions when I read them， such as Sartre’s Road to Freedom trilogy The book also makes me realise the provincialism of my reading， with many of the British authors read， a smattering of Europeans， （with only multiple books read by de Beauvoir， Mann， Kafka， Calvino）， no Asian titles， in Africa only Alan Paton， no Australasia other than Katherine Mansfield。 When I reached the Americas， I found that I had read many titles now published as Penguin Modern Classics， but I had not necessarily read the Penguin edition。Looking at my bookshelves now， I see a good number of Penguin Modern Classics， including books seminal to broadening my literary taste， de Beauvoir， Kafka， Steinbeck， Capote， McCullers and Borges。 A lovely “coffee table”book for older book lovers。 。。。more
Lauren
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A great reference guide to dip into over the years
New Year New Name
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I went through it in one sitting and I was enjoying it immensely until I saw that its Western Asia section had only five books （Edward Said， Adonis， Kahlil Gibran， Azar Nafisi and one other） and dear me， the North Africa section had ONE book - Seasons of Migration to the NorthReally Penguin？！
Diane
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This is a beautifully designed and packaged book。 There are 100s and 100s of books， descriptions， covers， details of authors lives and much more to be found there in。It's also a companion to the Penguin Classics volume。This is a wonderful book to browse and find new authors and rediscover old favourites。 This is a beautifully designed and packaged book。 There are 100s and 100s of books， descriptions， covers， details of authors lives and much more to be found there in。It's also a companion to the Penguin Classics volume。This is a wonderful book to browse and find new authors and rediscover old favourites。 。。。more
Becky
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