  Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina tops 19th Century Masterpieces listFebruary 9, 2012 - 20:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita have been named the greatest works of world literature to appear in the last 200 years. ¬Over a hundred American and British novelists, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates among them, faced the challenge of putting together their list of the cream of the crop of literary masterpieces. According to Literary News online source, the group of wordsmiths had to choose from over 500 titles, ranging from collections of short stories to plays and poetry. Anna Karenina was named a winner in Top Ten 19th Century Masterpieces category, followed by her next century “successor” Lolita, RT reported.  Top stories In "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are getting punished for their defiance. The Jubilee Cannes Film Festival honored the legendary French director, the 89-year-old Alain Resnais. Brad Pitt doesn’t want his new film, the crime tale Killing Them Softly, to be viewed as an attack on President Obama According to the wiretapped conversations, Seki obtained the drugs from Sinan Yüksel, who is among 19 suspects.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
