by Nassim Nicholas Taleb One of these books, which apparently everybody has to read. Normally I avoid them but the mathematical touch of the topic drew me into it. And…
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by Luis Fernando Ver!ssimo The book is a collection of short essays on various topics. What glues them together is the relation to Brazil, Brazilian culture and Brazilian idiosyncrasy. Therefore…
by Frédéric Beigbeder The original title is “99 Francs” – the sales price of the book itself. In Germany is just costed 39,90 deutsch marks. Beigbeder is one of those…
by Jared Diamond I think it is fair to say that “The Third Chimpanzee” is the father of all following books of Jared Diamond. All his core concepts are already…
by Günther Grass I had this book forever on my bookshelf. Finally I read it. But in my opinion too late since the story is very much anchored in certain…
by Strugatski This is the novel on which the movie “Stalker” by Andrej Tarkovsky is loosely based on. The movie is my all time favorite.Actually it is good to read…
by Salman Rushdie One of the most discussed books in the world and I do not know so many people who actually read it. For some reason I also avoided…
by Tschingis Aitmatow These are episodes of Aitmatov’s childhood in Kyrkyzstan – told by himself and recored by his German translator. It is praised as key to his work. But…
by Albert Camus That is the book he got the Nobel Prize for, Well deserved! The cover description – or any synopsis – cannot prepare you for the content. It…
by Tschingis Aitmatow I had to select a book from the most famous Kyrgyz, Tschingis Aitmatov, when I hike through Kyrgyzstan – or better through the Tien-Shan mountains which are…