by Antje Rávik Strubel An unusual novel. Well-crafted. Intertwining themes like environmentalist movements, NGOs, the Stasi (East German secret service), love and incest. It seems too much but it is…
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by Roberto Bolaño I bought this small book while I was waiting in a pub in Lastarria, a Santiago neighborhood. A really nice bookstore is located just around the corner,…
by Leo Perutz What a surprise! I had never heard about Leo Perutz before, but this novel series of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” is truly educational, I learned that Leo Perutz…
by Eva Menasse Actually it is too late to write about the book, six month later I forgot all the stories. Stories about the mortal sins, which are not that…
by Yu Hua I found it monumental, it resumes the Chinese history since the Cultural Revolution until modern China. It is exemplified by two brothers, which are actually not real…
by Javier Cercas One of these books Hernán recommended me. I am not sure why it took me so long to read considering that he always recommended books I adored…
by Jamal Mahjoub A book I wanted to read for quite some time. Critics praised it as essential to understand islamic fundamentalism today. That is for sure exaggerated, the novel…
by Dan Ariely I liked Ariely’s second book “The Upside of Irrationality”. His first one has the same basic topic: human behavior as we don’t expect us to behave. The…
by Beppe Severgnini … ohne verheiratet, überfahren oder verhaftet zu werden – is teh subtitle, translated into:Survive Italy … Without being married, overrun or imprisoned.That slogan is funny, but does…
by Yann Martel Having to cross the Adriatic Sea by ferry and going by train from Bari to Rome I needed to buy more literature. Between all the usual beach…