10 works by contemporary American writers

Autobiographical novel Vonnegut, Martin fantasy, a story about life after the attack Foer and seven other books that deserve a place on your bookshelf.

1. "Sinlessness," Jonathan Franzen

"Sinlessness" became a sensation last year: it is called the most controversial and most Russian novel Franzen. Arguments about the pressing social problems of the totalitarian nature of the Internet, feminism and politics are intertwined with deep, very personal story of one family.

In the life of a young girl named Pip mess: she does not know her father can not pay off the debt for the study, does not know how to build relationships, he goes on boring work. But her life changes dramatically when she became assistant hacker Andreas Wolf, who most likes to publicly disclose other people's secrets.

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2. "The Secret History," Donna Tartt

Richard Peypin recalls student years in the closed college in Vermont, he and several of his comrades attended a closed course eccentric teacher of the ancient culture. One trick of the elite circle of students over the murder, which at first glance unpunished.

After the incident, open and other secrets of the characters, which lead to new tragedies in their lives.

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3. "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis

The most famous Ellis's novel is considered a modern classic. The protagonist - Patrick Bateman, beautiful, rich and seemingly intelligent young man on Wall Street. But for good looks and expensive costumes hiding greed, hatred and rage. At night, he was tortured and killed people most sophisticated ways, without system and without a plan.

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4. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," Jonathan Safran Foer

Touching story on behalf of 9-year-old boy Oscar. His father was killed in one of the twin towers of September 11, 2001. Examining the closet of his father, Oscar is a vase, and in it - a small envelope marked "Black" and the key inside. Inspired and stared curiously, Oscar is ready to bypass all the Blacks in New York to find the answer to the riddle. This is a story about overcoming bereavement, New York, after the disaster and human kindness.

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5. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," Stephen Chbosky

"The Catcher in the Rye," about modern teenagers - so dubbed criticism Stephen Chbosky book that sold over a million copies and was filmed by the author.

Charlie - typical demure, silent observer for a while, goes to high school. After a recent nervous breakdown, he kept to himself. To overcome the inner experiences, he begins to write letters. Letters to a Friend, an unknown person - the reader of this book. On the advice of a new friend Pete, he is trying to be "not a sponge, and filter" - to live life to the fullest and do not watch it from the sidelines.

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6. "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham

The story of one day in the life of three women from different eras of the Pulitzer Prize. The fate of the British writer Virginia Woolf, an American housewife Laura from Los Angeles publishing editor Clarissa Vaughan seemingly linked only book - the novel "Mrs. Dalloway ". But the finale is clear that the life and problems of the heroines, despite all the external differences are the same.

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7. "Vanished" Gillian Flynn

Nick and Amy Amazing - a perfect match. But on the day of the fifth anniversary, Amy disappears from home - there all traces of the abduction. The whole town goes in search of the missing and empathizes with Nick while in police custody does not fall blog Amy, because of which her husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder. The main intrigue of the novel - who is in this situation was a real victim.

Flynn novel attracts an unusual look at modern marriage: the partners marry beautiful projections of each other and then very surprised when they invented for the way found a living person, whom they did not know.

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8. "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Heavy military experience of the writer was reflected in this novel. Memories of the bombing in Dresden shows the eye ridiculous timid soldier Billy Pilgrim - one of those misguided children who scored the terrible war. But Vonnegut would not be a, if not introduced into the novel is also a fiction element: whether due post-traumatic syndrome, or due to the intervention of aliens learned to travel Pilgrim in time.

Despite the fantastic nature of what is happening in the novel promise of a very real and clear: Vonnegut mocks stereotypes about "real men" and demonstrates the futility of war.

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9. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature for being in "their full of dreams and poetry, novels revived an important aspect of American reality." A novel "Beloved" Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language books.

The main character - a slave Satie, which, together with the children fled from cruel masters, and stayed on the freedom of 28 days. When the pursuit catches Satie, it kills daughter with his own hands - so that she did not know slavery and did not survive the same, her mother. The memory of the past and the horrible choice of pursuing Satie life.

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10. "A Song of Ice and Fire," George RR Martin

Fantasy epic about the magical world of the Seven Kingdoms, which does not stop the struggle for the Iron Throne, while the entire continent is approaching a terrible winter. At the moment, we published five novels of the planned seven. The remaining two are waiting for the fans of the writer, and the fans'The game of thrones"- series based on the series, which is breaking all records of popularity.

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