by Andrzej Stasiuk I would like to call it poetry. It seems to be a novel but as the author puts it: it does not have an beginning nor an…
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by Jaan Kroos I just love historic novels. Jaan Kroos is considered as the re-inventor of that genre. That and teh fact that I hadn’t ever read a book from…
by Milton Hatoum Two Brothers – would be the literal translation of the title Hatoum describes all he opposite of what you would expect from brothers and their relationship. It…
by Ingeborg Bachmann I read unbelievable beautiful sentences in this book. Some hurt you almost physically. But it was also difficult to read. You never know what is real, dream,…
by Mario Vargas Llosa It is a little but perfectly composed novel. Vargas-Llosa included even seven paintings – ranging from Rembrandt to Francis Bacon – as reproductions into the text.…
by T. Coraghessan Boyle T.C. Boyle is one of my favorite American writers. Brilliant style and in this case he captured perfectly a very present problem for the rich countries…
by Christa Wolf Prejudices stick – even if they were proven wrong. In my case here, Christa Wolf has the fame to be difficult to read and understand. But I…
by Larry Rohter A book heavily promoted in Brazil since the author is highly controversial in this country. He dared to criticize and question some national legends the Brazilians have…
by Catalin Dorian Florescu Florescu is a Romanian, who lives and writes now in Switzerland. His novels have usually a Romanian background. In this case as well. Zaira is born…
by Santiago Roncalgiolo The dirty war against terrorism in Perú is the background and topic of the thriller. The author himself calls it thriller and so do all the book…