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The year
1984 in literature
involved some significant events and new books.
EVENTS
The book ''
Nineteen Eighty-Four
'' by
George Orwell
is widely read.
''
Of Mice And Men
'', the novel by
John Steinbeck
, was removed from
Tennessee
public schools when the School Board Chair promised to remove all "filthy books" from public school curricula and libraries.
NEW BOOKS
Sandra Cisneros - House on Mango Street
Warren Adler
- ''
Random Hearts
''
Kingsley Amis
- ''
Stanley And The Women
''
Martin Amis
- ''
Money
''
Jeffrey Archer
- ''
First Among Equals
''
Richard Bachman
- ''
Thinner
'' (
Nom De Plume
for
Stephen King
)
J. G. Ballard
- ''
Empire Of The Sun
''
Iain Banks
- ''
The Wasp Factory
''
Julian Barnes
- ''
Flaubert's Parrot
''
J. J. Benitez
- ''
Caballo De Troya
''
Michael Bishop
- ''
One Winter In Eden
'' and ''
Who Made Stevie Crye?
''
Simon Brett
- ''
A Shock To The System
''
David Brin
- ''
The Practice Effect
''
Anita Brookner
- ''
Hotel Du Lac
''
Tom Clancy
- ''
The Hunt For Red October
''
Don DeLillo
- ''
White Noise
''
Marguerite Duras
- ''
L'Amant
''
Kevin Eastman
and
Peter Laird
-''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
'' (
Comic Book
)
Louise Erdrich
- ''
Love Medicine
''
Howard Fast
- ''
The Outsider
''
Frederick Forsyth
- ''
The Fourth Protocol
''
John Gardner
- ''
Role Of Honour
''
William Gibson
- ''
Neuromancer
''
Kent Haruf
- ''
The Tie That Binds
''
Frank Herbert
- ''
Heretics Of Dune
''
John Jakes
- ''
Love And War
''
Stephen King
,
Peter Straub
- ''
The Talisman
''
Russell Kirk
- ''
Watchers At The Strait Gate
''
Milan Kundera
- ''
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
''
Robert Ludlum
- ''
The Aquitaine Progression
''
Ruth Manning-Sanders
- ''
A Book Of Magic Horses
''
Robert B. Parker
- ''
Valediction
''
Mario Puzo
- ''
The Sicilian
''
''
Anne Rice
- ''
The Vampire Lestat
''
Dr. Seuss
- ''
The Butter Battle Book
''
Bob Shea
and
Robert Anton Wilson
- ''
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
'' (collected edition)
Michael Slade
- ''
Headhunter
''
Danielle Steel
- ''
Full Circle
''
Neal Stephenson
- ''
The Big U
'' (debut novel)
Robert Swindells
- ''
Brother In The Land
''
John Updike
- ''
The Witches Of Eastwick
''
Gore Vidal
- ''
Lincoln
''
Janusz A. Zajdel
- ''
Paradyzja
''
NEW DRAMA
Beth Henley
- ''
The Miss Firecracker Contest
''
Howard Barker
- ''
Scenes From An Execution
''
David Mamet
- ''
Glengarry Glen Ross
''
POETRY
John Ashbery
- ''
A Wave
''
Louise Erdrich
- ''
Jacklight
''
Christopher Gilbert
- ''
Across The Mutual Landscape
''
Paulette Jiles
- ''
Celestial Navigation
''
Sharon Olds
- ''
The Dead And The Living
''
NON-FICTION
Morrill Cody
&
Hugh Ford
- ''
The Women Of Montparnasse, The Americans In Paris
''.
''.
''.
Derek Parfit
- ''
Reasons And Persons
''.
Joan Peters
- ''
From Time Immemorial
: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine''.
Herbert Jay Stern
- ''
Judgment In Berlin
''.
BIRTHS
DEATHS
February 22
-
Jessamyn West
, writer
July 6
-
Denys Val Baker
, Cornish writer
AWARDS
Australia
, ''Lilian's Story''
, ''The People's Other World''
Canada
See
1984 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
France
, ''L'Amant''
, ''Le Diable en tête''
, ''Aracoeli''
United Kingdom
, ''Hotel du Lac''
,
Michael Hoffmann
,
Carol Rumens
,
Mick Imlah
,
Jamie McKendrick
,
Bill Smith
,
Carol Ann Duffy
,
Christopher Meredith
,
Peter Armstrong
,
Iain Bamforth
, ''A Parish of Rich Women''
United States
, ''Elegy on Independence Day''
, ''Neuromancer''
, ''Dear Mr. Henshaw''
, ''Glengarry Glen Ross''
- ''Ironweed''
: ''American Primitive''
Elsewhere
(''La otra orilla de la droga''''
