by Martin Mosebach Until I took this book in my hands the authors was an unknown to me. Nevertheless, the fact that he had been given the Büchner Award (the…
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by Rubem Fonseca As I wrote in a previous summary: I became addicted to this writer, I should really read other Brazilian literature as well! It is another book witch…
by Arundhati Roy There cannot be said anything what you cannot find somewhere in the internet. I read first her political essays, and since then I wanted to read this…
by Hartmut Böhme “Culture and Fetishism – Another Theory about the modern Era” would be the literal translation. In reality it is not another theory but it sheds light on…
by Fjodor Dostojewski I already had read all of his big novels, except this one. It was his first one, which actually set the tone for his later work. It…
by Haruki Murakami The first book of Murakami I read (South of the Border, West of the Sun) caused such a hunger for more. And this book did not disappoint…
by Roald Dahl Uncle Oswald is a great story teller. Uncle Oswald is a big liar and Casanova was an amateur compared to him – would say his enemies. Since…
by Alan Weizman Humankind disappears overnight. What will happen with the earth? How long will our artefacts last? Will it be an earth like the one before the ape with…
by Alessandro Baricco The subtitle is: The fairy-tale about the nature of the sea. And that’s what it is: a very poetic book about the sea. The sea is the…
by John Perkins An economic hit man is a man who influences decision makers of foreign countries – preferably poor one with rich natural resources – to accept loans from…