by Michail Schischkin Here a review and summary from goodreads.com by J.T.:“This is an important book with pretensions to greatness. It tackles Russian history from before the 1917 Revolution almost…
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by John Hawkes I read this avant-garde novel in English, for sure a mistake since I couldn’t enjoy it. Too many words I didn’t understand. John Hawkes is highly regarded…
by Martin Kluger Did I read the right book? All I remembered from the review on Deutschlandradio, which I heard a couple of years ago, was that the author lives…
by Roberto Bolaño Here is a summary from goodreads.com: “ … On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on…
by Lutz Seiler Here a Google translated summary from the German wikipedia article:“ .. The novel Kruso of Lutz Seiler plays on the island of Hiddensee in the milieu of…
by Ismael Kadare I read this book since I got interested in Kadare from Albania, who was considered a strong candidate fro the Nobel Prize. The story is captivating and…
by Peter Scholl-Latour Unfortunately this will be Scholl-Latour’s last book since he died in August 2014. The only man who actually understood the orient, and gave his opinion without the…
by Franz Werfel Since it’s been too long ago that I read here a summary I found on ebook-finder.com“ … Pale Blue Ink in a Lady’s Hand is, in many…
by Anna Seghers I am writing now, today is the Aug 20th 2016, the summaries for all the books since December 2014. Actually I will give up the personal touch…
by William Maxwell It is an old-fashioned novel, without big emotional waves or arcs of suspense. Nevertheless, it caught me. Maybe because it is situated in a time when America…