by Ferdinand von Schirach My nice Linda was in Santiago at the time and she is a lover of these true crime books. So I read them as well and…
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by Michail Schischkin Here a review and summary from goodreads.com by J.T.:“This is an important book with pretensions to greatness. It tackles Russian history from before the 1917 Revolution almost…
by John Hawkes I read this avant-garde novel in English, for sure a mistake since I couldn’t enjoy it. Too many words I didn’t understand. John Hawkes is highly regarded…
by Martin Kluger Did I read the right book? All I remembered from the review on Deutschlandradio, which I heard a couple of years ago, was that the author lives…
by Roberto Bolaño Here is a summary from goodreads.com: “ … On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on…
by Lutz Seiler Here a Google translated summary from the German wikipedia article:“ .. The novel Kruso of Lutz Seiler plays on the island of Hiddensee in the milieu of…
by Ismael Kadare I read this book since I got interested in Kadare from Albania, who was considered a strong candidate fro the Nobel Prize. The story is captivating and…
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…
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…