List: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

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

The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Luigi Pirandello

When the audience arrives in the theater, the curtain is raised; and the stage, as normally in the daytime, is without wings or scenery and almost completely dark and empty.

Écrits

Jacques Lacan

The Rosy Crucifixion

Henry Miller

Our Lady of the Flowers

Jean Genet

Tropismes

Nathalie Sarraute

Les Vrilles de La Vigne

Colette

Lady Chatterley's Lover

D. H. Lawrence

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.

Asterix the Gaul

René Goscinny