by Ronaldo Correia de Brito The book is advertised as a novel about a landscape – the arid Sertão in north-eastern Brazil and its tough inhabitants. For it is more…
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by Amitav Ghosh I am fascinated with India. I always was. The reviews of Ghosh’s book promised a look into India’s history with the English occupation. Everybody knows that India…
by Albert Camus Again two words for a Camus novel: brilliantly written. I admit I wasn’t that caught by the story – except for the first part when the rats…
by Terézia Mora This is actually a book I read as an alternative since I couldn’t get her latest novel I was really interested in. Terézia Mora is from Hungary…
by John Irving Irving at his best:the novel weaves the life stories of a lot of ludicrous characters together. So many ideas. Other writers base an entire book on just…
by Ariel Magnus Argentina was the feature country on Frankfurt’s book fair in 2010. They had a strong and interesting presence there, unlike other former feature countries. One of the…
by Ricarda Huch Another book within the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” edition of great novel of the 20th century. And another book that just introduced me to a writer, that I wouldn’t…
by James Hamilton-Paterson Appraised by gourmets, but not widely known. I regard myself a gourmet as a gourmet when it comes to talk about this novel.The recurring joke is that…
by Margriet de Moor It takes place in Naples. After reading two pages I wanted to be again in Naples. It is the 18th century, and I do not care…
by Fjodor Dostojewski “The Gambler” – finally I read it, I expectedly liked it, and intentionally I do not rite any analysis or summary for you. Of course, Dostoyevsky calls…