by Gabriel García Márquez The title makes you want to read the book especially if its written by a Nobel laureate. I actually listened to it. The main character on…
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by Wilhelm Genazino As critics say Genazino is the master of mediocrity, the title already implies the principal feature of the main character: completely average, lukewarm in anything he wants…
by Jamal Mahjoub A book I wanted to read for quite some time. Critics praised it as essential to understand islamic fundamentalism today. That is for sure exaggerated, the novel…
by T.C. Boyle A ten-hour audiobook and it drew me in from the beginning. It might also have to do with the fact that the famous German actor Ulrich Matthes…
by Zoran Ferić Being in Croatia had to read something written by a Croatian writer. Good luck wanted me to find a German translation of one of the more prolific…
by Rubem Fonseca I had to read something in Portuguese in order to preserve my vocabulary. As always, in front of my bookshelf and in doubt, what book to pick,…
by T.C. Boyle A review just copied from amazon by T.K. Kenyon (link): “… Boyle is one of the best short story writers around today. His short stories are enjoyable…
by Colette Here a copy from the online New York Times, retrieved on Nov 17th 2013:“Mitsou,” the story of a love of a little music-hall girl for a nameless lieutenant,…
by John Le Carre Instead of my own thoughts here is the plot summary from wikipedia, retrieved on Nov 17th 2013:The book tells the story of Ted Mundy, a Pakistani-born…
by J. Keith Murnighan The lesson is rather: make the organization work. If you do not have to do anything, your processes work and you have good people as leaders.…