Can you name the Only Novel Each Author Wrote? by spqr

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One Novel Authors Quiz

by spqr

Created Oct 9, 2009 in Literature
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	dogg:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:29 GMT	3 points
	toole wrote two novels, bro

	ballen2824:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:33 GMT	2 points
	i would include franny and zooey as a novel by salinger but that can be debated.

	spqr:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 03:38 GMT	5 points
	the neon bible was appeared posthumously as a novel though toole didn't want his juvenille work published and franny and zooey is a franken-book, put together from smaller works

	Aaron_Kashtan:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 04:30 GMT	1 point
	How about Keri Hulme?

	johnlk:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 05:53 GMT	7 points
	Wow, the second half got hard.

	spqr:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT	3 points
	i would have included Keri Hulme, but I couldn't find a source that had every novel. and I would agree even i thought the second half was difficult

	frito:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:12 GMT	2 points
	cool quiz, can't believe I missed Black Beauty

	protoman:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:30 GMT	1 point
	this is a great outlet for my knowledge of authors most sporclers have never heard of. I love Granat

	vermeer:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 16:51 GMT	2 points
	wow tough but i liked it

	jiminymatthew:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 22:30 GMT	2 points
	The inclusion of No-No Boy makes this quiz awesome. One of my favorite books. Okada never gets any credit.

	matt74:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 04:05 GMT	3 points
	good job, nice mix of books

	circle:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 05:54 GMT	3 points
	more literary than a lot of other quizzes in this section

	danmont:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT	2 points
	You should accept Doctor Zhivago. I wasted a lot of time thinking I wasn't spelling "Zhivago" correctly

	ellerpants:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 08:48 GMT	-4 points
	JD Salinger wrote more books than one...

	spqr:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 15:45 GMT	4 points
	it never occurred to me but I will change it to accept Doctor Zhivago and Salinger's other books are not classified as novels

	Barzuniac:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 22:46 GMT	1 point
	Toole's posthumously published novel, regardless of his intentions, is a published novel. Kafka wanted all his work burned, but it still counts as existing. Ellison is arguable because Juneteenth eventually got published. And Salinger's only on this list until he dies, when at least one novel should be published, provided he doesn't burn the manuscripts. For those confused by the other 3 Salinger books - Nine Stories is nine stories (7 New Yorker, 1 Esquire [I think], 1 unpublished), Franny and Zooey is too long stories (New Yorker), Raise High the Roof Beam etc is 2 long stories (New Yorker), and the sometimes-published Hapworth 24 is one long story (New Yorker).

	Barzuniac:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	2 points
	*two, not too - mightve been a freudian slip

	spqr:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT	1 point
	No longer being able to argue this issue (due to a lack of knowledge and interest) I have no choice but to suggest lodging your complaints with the source.

	Barzuniac:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 10:43 GMT	1 point
	The post wasn't inviting an argument, you ill-bred pretend Roman soldier.

	spqr:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 18:44 GMT	2 points
	Rather than invite argument, now you have incurred one. But first it seems like we agree about Salinger (at least until he dies), and also congratulations on being the first person to understand my handle (although the ill-bred pretend part was uncalled for). The Kafka comparison is quite unfair, because had he been I don't think he really wanted his work destroyed and Brod knew that. If Toole had wanted to remove a juvenile attempt at a novel from existence he has every right to and the literary community should respect his wishes by considering it non-canonical. In the end the final determination of what is a novel must balance the author's intentions with the greater good of world literature.

	HenryClay1:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 15:38 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz. It's Lionel Trilling by the way, not Triling.

	Barzuniac:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 14:33 GMT	0 points
	"The Kafka comparison is quite unfair, because had he been I don't think he really wanted his work destroyed and Brod knew that." This is based on absolutely nothing. You're now reading the mind of a dead writer, and reading in it desires contrary to his stated desires. You're also being much too generous, I think, in your assumptions about Brod's motives.

	spqr:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 22:25 GMT	2 points
	I probably should have proofread my last post because it didn't seem quite on when I reread it, so sorry for that. It may be sentimental of me but after reading the majority of work by Kafka I do feel a certain intimacy that would allow me to speculate as to his wishes. But this has nothing to do with how many novels Toole wrote. Literature isn't like your permanent record in school, you should be allowed to erase mistakes, especially when you never them published.