Greatest Prose Works of the 20th Century
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Vladimir Nabokov, 4 Books
Author Vladimir Nabokov's selection of the Top 4 greatest prose works of the 20th century.
This list was originally published in 1965 and was added to this site over 11 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | Irish | English | |
| 66 | The Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka | 1915 | Czech | German | |
| 730 | Petersburg | Andrei Bely | 1913 | Russian | Russian | |
| 2 | In Search of Lost Time | Marcel Proust | 1913 | French | French |