A look back at books that captured our attention.1997 THE AWARDS Nobel Prize for Literature VICENTE ALEIXANDRE (SPAIN, 1898-1984) Aleixandre was recognized "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars." Start with Shadow of Paradise (1944) or Twenty Poems of Vicente Aleixandre (1977). Pulitzer Prize (FICTION) No award given. Pulitzer Prize (GENERAL NONFICTION) BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS Watermen, Crab and the Chesapeake Bay By William W. Warner In lyrical prose, Warner describes the life cycle of the Chesapeake Bay's Atlantic blue crab and its relation to the rivers, sea, crabbing industry, and people who inhabit the region. Booker Prize STAYING ON By Paul Scott Addressing class tensions, marriage, and personal freedom, the sequel to The Raj Quartet features the elderly Colonel Tusker Smalley and his wife Lucy, who have lost all semblance of their colonial status two decades after Indian independence. National Book Award (FICTION) THE SPECTATOR BIRD By Wallace Stegner Joe Allston, a retired literary agent, relives a trip he and his wife took to Denmark 20 years earlier. As he reads from the diary he kept at the time, he considers love, duty, marriage, aging, and life's regrets. National Book Award (NONFICTION) THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales By Bruno Bettelheim In this controversial book, Freudian child psychiatrist Bettelheim explores the psychology behind classic fairy tales--morality plays that educate and promote childhood cognitive development. Edgar Award PROMISED LAND By Robert B. Parker
Spenser--a beer-loving, witty, and cerebral boxer-turned-PI--is investigating a troubled marriage, a crooked loan shark, a real estate deal, and, naturally, a murder. Nebula Award GATEWAY By Frederik Pohl In Book One of The Heechee Saga, Bob Broadhead wins the lottery and embarks on a one-way trip to Gateway, where he'll seek the buried treasures of the lost Heechee alien civilization--and possibly endanger his life. Hugo Award WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a science fiction novel by Kate Wilhelm, published in 1976. Parts of it appeared in Orbit 15 in 1974. It was the recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1977, and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1976. By Kate Wilhelm When disease, pollution, and environmental collapse start to decimate the human race, a Virginian family tries to save itself in the face of impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. global disaster--by cloning itself. Newbery Medal ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1976 children's novel written by Mildred D. Taylor. It tells the story of a land-owning African American family living in a rural area of Mississippi during the 1930s, and how they subsequently cope with mounting white oppression and racism By Mildred D. Taylor In Depression-era Mississippi, nine-year-old Cassie Logan, from a poor black family, comes to terms with racism and social injustice as her family fights to keep its small farm. OTHER NOTABLES THE AMITYVILLE HORROR | JAY ANSON BLOODLINE blood·line n. The direct line of descent; a pedigree. | SIDNEY SHELDON A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER | JOAN DIDION DREAMS DIE FIRST | HAROLD ROBBINS THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY | JOHN LE CARRE Noun 1. John le Carre - English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) David John Moore Cornwell, le Carre HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE | ERICA JONG ILLUSIONS | RICHARD BACH THE MAURITIUS COMMAND | PATRICK O'BRIAN A SCANNER DARKLY | PHILIP K. DICK Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 1928 – March 2 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. In addition to his dozens of published novels,[1] THE SEA, THE SEA | IRIS MURDOCH THE SHINING | STEPHEN KING SONG OF SOLOMON Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, or Canticles, book of the Bible, 22d in the order of the Authorized Version. Although traditionally ascribed to King Solomon, many scholars date it as late as the 3d cent. B.C. | TONI MORRISON JAMES BOND, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME | CHRISTOPHER WOOD TERMS OF ENDEARMENT | LARRY MCMURTRY NY TIMES BESTSELLERS For the entire year of 1977. FICTION 1. OLIVER'S STORY | ERICH SEGAL 2. FALCONER | JOHN CHEEVER 3. THE THORN BIRDS | COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH 4. THE SILMARILLION | J. R. R. TOLKIEN “Tolkien” redirects here. For other uses, see Tolkien (disambiguation). John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was a English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the author of The Hobbit and NONFICTION 1. YOUR ERRONEOUS ZONES | WAYNE DYER 2. THE BOOK OF LISTS | DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. WALLECHINSKY, IRVING WALLACE, AND AMY A`my´ n. 1. A friend. WALLACE 3. LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE | ROBERT J. RINGER 4. ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL | JAMES HERRIOT |
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