10 Essential Books on Prose & Poetry from across the world

A Listmania! list by "mainawarahoon"
 
Love in the Time of Cholera
1.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "A moving and timeless (yes, it is a cliche) romance"
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Poems (Collection of representative works, Pakistan series / Unesco)
2.  Poems (Collection of representative works, Pakistan series / Unesco) by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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  "A grand translation of the subcontinent's poet laureate"
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Two Lives
3.  Two Lives by Vikram Seth
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  "A moving memoir and love story, beautifully told"
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All You Who Sleep Tonight: Poems
4.  All You Who Sleep Tonight: Poems by Vikram Seth
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  "Vikram Seth's poetry is magical and occasionally even better than his prose"
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When We Were Orphans
5.  When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "Ishiguro's masterpiece"
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Penguin Psychology)
6.  Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Penguin Psychology) by Irvin D Yalom
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  "If you think your partner is a....., this book will certainly shed some light on your issues"
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Kissing in Manhattan
7.  Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler
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  "'thrums with humour and pain, glamour and danger'"
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In Light of India
8.  In Light of India by Octavio Paz
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  "A little known gem about Indian culture, music, art and history"
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How We Die
9.  How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland
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  "Read before it is too late, Amazon is not yet available in the next world"
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The God of Small Things
10.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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  "A passionate and rebellious masterpiece"
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