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What is the greatest literary work from your country?

>> No.12911509

>>12911473
>Croatia
>Miroslav Krleža I think, not very invested in cro lit desu
>his most famous work is Messrs. Glembay, I had to read it in high school

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I WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO QUALIFY ONE LITERARY OPVS AS «THE GREATEST ONE», BUT I DO KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY OPVS FROM MY MEXICO: «LA RAZA CÓSMICA», BY JOSÉ VASCONCELOS.

>> No.12911580

The Egyptian

>> No.12911586

America
The Bible

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>>12911521
based
>>12911586
>the garden of eden is in missouri

>> No.12911659

>>12911586
Wtf
>American education

>France
We have to many good books to name one

>> No.12911660

>>12911473
IDK,
maybe don Quixote

>> No.12911706

>>12911509
Krleza je Bog.

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Rizalfags can choke

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>>12911659
you almost got me you lil shit you

>> No.12911828

>>12911660
>not Cantar del Mio Cid
pleb

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probably

>> No.12912223

Either Hamlet or Harry Potter

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>>12911473
I found out that someone is doing a second translation to English that captures the feel of the original. The first one was poor

>> No.12912246

>>12911833
>Not Bulgakov
>Not Gogol
Uneducated brainlet.

>> No.12912256

Is Don Quixote the best work of Spanish literature in history?

>> No.12912281

>>12912256
Just read anything from the GOAT Camilo Jose Cela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjnl3bTkOwo

>> No.12912319

Toni Bentley - The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir.

>> No.12912349

>>12911509
>>12911706
Ranko Marinković - Kiklop
Mile Budak - Opanci dida Vidurine & Ognjište (politics aside, these were unironically great)

>> No.12912366

>Lithuania
Nothing actually. We have some mediocre authors and poets but othet than that its completely devoid of actual genius.

>> No.12912377

>Nigeria
>Things Fall Apart
I would argue that Joy's of Motherhood should be in contention but I'm probably the only one with that opinion.