by Strugatski This is the novel on which the movie “Stalker” by Andrej Tarkovsky is loosely based on. The movie is my all time favorite.Actually it is good to read…
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by Salman Rushdie One of the most discussed books in the world and I do not know so many people who actually read it. For some reason I also avoided…
by Tschingis Aitmatow These are episodes of Aitmatov’s childhood in Kyrkyzstan – told by himself and recored by his German translator. It is praised as key to his work. But…
by Albert Camus That is the book he got the Nobel Prize for, Well deserved! The cover description – or any synopsis – cannot prepare you for the content. It…
by Tschingis Aitmatow I had to select a book from the most famous Kyrgyz, Tschingis Aitmatov, when I hike through Kyrgyzstan – or better through the Tien-Shan mountains which are…
by Luigi Malerba Luigi Malerba is considered as one of the important contemporary writes in Italy. He just died and therefore I heard a radio feature about him. That feature…
by Wladimir Kaminer Funny indeed! Kaminer was born in Moscow and has been living in Berlin since 1990. He writes in German, but he is not someone who pretends to…
by Amélie Nothomb This book book is written from the point of view of a two year old girl. Herself. Back in Japan where she grew up as daughter of…
by Nicholas Shakespeare Did you read “In Patagonia” by Bruce Chatwin? If you liked it “In Tasmania” is the right book for you. The similarities and relations on the topic…
by Julio Cortázar Cortázar’s first collection of short stories and maybe the most famous one. The title “The Bestiary” is well chosen since in each story animals play a role…