__notoc__ 1971 în literatură — 1972 în literatură — 1973 în literatură Anul 1972 în literatură a implicat o serie de evenimente și cărți noi semnificative.

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Cărți noi Ficțiune Dritëro Agolli – The Rise and Fall of Comrade Zylo (Shkëlqimi dhe Rënja e Shokut Zylo, published in the magazine Hosteni) Srikrishna Alanahalli – Kaadu Jorge Amado – Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra (Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars) Martin Amis – The Rachel Papers Isaac Asimov – Zeii înșiși John Braine – The Queen of a Distant Country John Brunner - Oile privesc în sus Taylor Caldwell – Captains and the Kings Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities (Le città invisibili) John Dickson Carr – The Hungry Goblin: A Victorian Detective Novel Angela Carter – The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman Agatha Christie – Elephants Can Remember Brian Cleeve – Tread Softly in this Place Michael Crichton – The Terminal Man Robertson Davies – The Manticore L. Sprague de Camp și Catherine Crook de Camp, ca editori – 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction R. F. Delderfield – To Serve Them All My Days Margaret Drabble, B. S. Johnson and others – London ConsequencesFrederick Forsyth – The Odessa FileGünter Grass – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke (From the Diary of a Snail) Graham Greene – The Honorary ConsulPeter Handke – A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (Wunschloses Unglück)James Herriot – All Creatures Great and SmallGeorgette Heyer – Lady of QualityGeorge V. Higgins – The Friends of Eddie CoyleWiti Ihimaera – Pounamu Pounamu (short story collection) P. D. James – An Unsuitable Job for a WomanDan Jenkins – Semi-ToughThomas Keneally – The Chant of Jimmy BlacksmithCarl Jacobi – Disclosures in ScarletDerek Lambert BlackstoneThe Red HouseHalldór Laxness – Guðsgjafaþula (Mantra of God's Gift) Ira Levin – The Stepford WivesAudrey Erskine Lindop – Journey Into StoneFrank Belknap Long – The Rim of the UnknownRobert Ludlum – The Osterman WeekendDavid McCullough – The Great BridgeGoogle Books. Retrieved 2015-02-22. John D. MacDonald – The Scarlet RuseNgaio Marsh – Tied Up in TinselBarry N. Malzberg – Beyond ApolloVladimir Nabokov – Transparent ThingsKenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎) – The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away (みずから我が涙をぬぐいたまう日, Mizukara Waga Namida o Nugui Tamau Hi) Chaim Potok – My Name Is Asher Lev Marin Preda - Marele singuratic Josef Škvorecký – The Miracle Game (Mirákl) David Storey – PasmoreArkadi și Boris Strugațki – Picnic la marginea drumului («Пикник на обочине», Piknik na obochine) Paul Theroux – Saint JackHunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las VegasIrving Wallace – The Word Roger Zelazny - Armele din Avalon Teatru Alan Ayckbourn – Absurd Person SingularSamuel Beckett – Not IBill Bryden – Willie RoughCaryl Churchill – OwnersHanay Geiogamah – Body IndianEugen Ionescu – MacbettVijay TendulkarGhashiram KotwalSakharam BinderNon-ficțiuneThe American Museum of Natural History – An IntroductionJacob Bronowski - The Ascent of ManL. Sprague de Camp - Great Cities of the Ancient WorldL. Sprague de Camp și Catherine Crook de Camp - Darwin and His Great Discovery'Carlos Castaneda - Călătorie la Ixtlan (Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan) Nena și George O'Neill - Open Marriage: A New Life Style for CouplesNena O'Neill, 82, an Author of 'Open Marriage,' Is Dead - New York Times Frances Yates - The Rosicrucian Enlightenment. John Howard Yoder - The Politics of Jesus''

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