List :: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde

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  #31

  The Horseman on the Roof

  by Jean Giono

  (0 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 304

  70 points

  

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  #32

  Belle Du Seigneur

  by Albert Cohen

  (1 Review)

  Overall Rank: 314

  69 points

  

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  #33

  One Hundred Years of Solitude

  by Gabriel García Márquez

  (25 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 12

  667 points

  "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de..."

  

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  #34

  The Sound and the Fury

  by William Faulkner

  (15 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 9

  703 points

  "Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting."

  

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  #35

  Thérèse Desqueyroux

  by François Mauriac

  (4 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 171

  116 points

  

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  #36

  Zazie dans le Métro

  by Raymond Queneau

  (1 Review)

  Overall Rank: 337

  65 points

  "Doukipudonktan, se demanda Gabriel excédé. (In English: "Howcanyastinksotho, wondered Gabriel, exasperated.")"

  

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  #37

  Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. von D.

  by Stefan Zweig

  (1 Review)

  Overall Rank: 343

  64 points

  

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  #38

  Gone with the Wind

  by Margaret Mitchell

  (22 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 16

  606 points

  "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm, as the Tarleton twins were."

  

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  #39

  Lady Chatterley's Lover

  by D. H. Lawrence

  (8 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 145

  135 points

  "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.Náš věk je v podstatě tragický, a tak ho odmítáme tragicky brát."

  

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  #40

  The Magic Mountain

  by Thomas Mann

  (6 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 91

  203 points

  "Die Geschichte Hans Castorps, die wir erzählen wollen, - nicht um seinetwillen (denn der Leser wird einen einfachen, wenn auch ansprechenden jungen Mann in ihm kennenlernen), sondern um der..."

  

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