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,…
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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…
by Juan Goytisolo Disturbing! That is what it is. Or mysterious? It reminded me to Italo Calvinos “Wenn ein Reisender in einer Winternacht” where the book you read is the…
by Rubem Fonseca Again a Rubem Fonseca book – my favorite writer from Brazil. Beside of being a very entertaining book – disguised as thriller, I have to praise the…
by Bohumil Hrabal “… for him (the writer), everybody was a good man, who frequents pubs. ..” That is my favorite quote and a good summary of Hrabal’s life, who…