by Daniel Kehlmann Kehlmann is a newcomer in Germany: one of the promising new generation of writers. He is intelligent, funny and writes sharp dialogues. In order to fictionalise the…
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by Mario Vargas Llosa At least once a year I have to read a book in Spanish. This one was a good choice. By coincidence again about a dictatorship. Actually,…
by Jewgeni Jewtuschenko The book is announced as the key novel about the Russian society in the nineties. It is more than that! In reality he describes the entire life…
by Haruki Murakami A fascinating novel! But why? I do not know. The German translation was very often rather lame but nevertheless, I couldn’t stop to read. The story must…
by Jorge Volpi German Physicists in the first half of the 20th century. This novel is for me all about this exiting story of science. How often can it happen…
by Tom Robbins Tom Robbins is my favourite American writer – so funny, so thoughtful, so anarchic.There is no way to summarise his books. I will just give you a…
by Carson McCullers Surprise! For at least. Reading McCullers book I realised that communist ideas were once topical in the US. At least she had a certain sympathy for these…
by Nikos Kazantzakis I wanted to read this book for many. many years. I think it was the sirtaki dance interpretation by Anthony Quinn in the movie which made me…
by Gesualdo Bufalino It is just a surprise. I did not know the author before but during one of my recurrent book shopping tours I took it. Reading this Italian…
by Michael Ondaatje Maybe this is heresy but I found the movie much better. It is worth reading due to the perfection of Ondaatje’s writing but interestingly enough the romance…