by Franz Werfel Since it’s been too long ago that I read here a summary I found on ebook-finder.com“ … Pale Blue Ink in a Lady’s Hand is, in many…
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by Peter Scholl-Latour Unfortunately this will be Scholl-Latour’s last book since he died in August 2014. The only man who actually understood the orient, and gave his opinion without the…
by Anna Seghers I am writing now, today is the Aug 20th 2016, the summaries for all the books since December 2014. Actually I will give up the personal touch…
by William Maxwell It is an old-fashioned novel, without big emotional waves or arcs of suspense. Nevertheless, it caught me. Maybe because it is situated in a time when America…
by Jonathan Litell It was a bestseller in various countries and praised by many critics as unique and shocking read. A further interesting aspect is, that Litell is an American…
by Laura Restrepo I had this book for a quiet some time under my pillow. Now I do know why I did not advance despite have having a great book…
by Amir Hassan Cheheltan The honeypot for the uninformed reader is the following introduction scenario: a former torturer of the Iranian Mullah regime became an entrepreneur in the hospital business.…
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…
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…