World literature that I want to read

Further to my recent post on world literature and the overwhelmingly generous response to it, here's my updated list of Novels To Read. This is the fruit of several hours of online and dictionary research and incorporates some of the suggestions kindly made by you. I had to restrain myself because once I get onto listmaking there's no stopping me.

ETA: Continued annotation: Have I read it or not? Last annotated 27 October 2008.

World literature to read
In alphabetical order of country.


Albania
Ismail Kadaré, The General of the Dead Army I've now read two others by the same author but not this one..

Australia
Thomas Keneally, Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith

Sue Wolfe

Christos Tsiolkas, Loaded (included simply for the promise of m/m debauchery)

Belgium
Something by Maeterlinck

Denmark
Jens Peter Jacobsen, Niels LyhneI've now read it.

Ib Michael, Prince

China
Dream of the Red Chamber

Wu Ch'eng-en, The Monkey King, or The Journey to the West (16th C.)

Czech
Hasek, The Good Soldier Sveyk

Finland
Mika Waltari, Sinuhe, the Egyptian

France
Giraudoux, Trojan War something

Alain Fournier, Le Grand MeaulnesI've now read it. Gorgeous!!!

Something by Balzac

Voltaire, Candide

Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo

Proust Still sort of reading it.

German-speaking
Something by Stifter, Schnitzler, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jean Paul, Kleist (um, I may have to choose one only; the year only has 12 months after all)

Ghana
Ama Ata Aidoo (a woman), Changes

Greece (ancient)
Homer, OdysseeI've now read it. Liked the Iliad better.

Something by Aeschylus and by Euripides and by Sophocles I've now read it. One play each.

Greece (modern)
Evgenia Fakinou, Astradeni

Cavafy, poetry I've now read it.

Hungary
Miklós Bánffy, Transylvanian Trilogy

Iceland
Haldor Laxness, Independent People I've now read another one by the same author. Not fabulous.

India
Chitra Banerji Divakaruni, The Mistress of Spices

Indonesia
Mochtar Lubis, Tiger, Tiger!

Japan
Lady Murasaki, Tale of Genji

Sei Shonagon, Pillow Book

Natsume Soseki, Kokoro (19th C.)

Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

Shusaku Endo, Silence (Christian)

Kenya
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, The River Between

Mexico
Laura Esquivel, The Law of Love

Netherlands
Mulisch, SiegfriedI've now read it.

New Zealand
Witi Ihimaera, The Matriarch and Nights in the Garden of Spain (the latter = gay)

Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa, Zoza Boy

Persia (ancient)
Zarathustra, Gathas

Persia (mediaeval)
Nizami, Seven Princesses I've now read bits of it. Have yet to find a good affordable translation.

Hafiz, poetry I've now read some.

Poland
Henryk Szienkiewicz, Quo vadis

Andrzej Szczypiorski, The beautiful Mrs Seidenman I've now started to read it but got bored.

Portugal
Eca de Queirós I've now read it. Wonderful.

Russia
Eduard Limonov, Memoirs of a Russian Punk

Tatiana Tolstaya I've now read it. Didn't like it.

Viktor Pelevin, Omon Ra I've now read it. This one's not so great but two others by him were mind-blowing.

Senegal
Ousmane Sembène

Spain
Calderón, Life is a dream

Alas, La Regenta I've now bought it but not yet read.

Arturo Perez-Reverte, The Fencing Master I've now read it.

Sudan
Tayeb Salih

Switzerland
Walser
Keller

UK
W. Corbett, Two Gentlemen Sharing (included as bonus gay novel)

USA
Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai's Garden and Women of the Silk

Pearl S. Buck, Kinfolk and The Good Earth


May I say that I feel just ever so slightly daunted?? Shall I keep you posted on my progress through this mound?