by Sławomir Mrozek Almost my favorite dramatist. He is sharp and short, he is satirical and absurd, he starts conventional and ends with a surprise even in the shortest stories.…
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by Martin Mosebach Until I took this book in my hands the authors was an unknown to me. Nevertheless, the fact that he had been given the Büchner Award (the…
by Rubem Fonseca As I wrote in a previous summary: I became addicted to this writer, I should really read other Brazilian literature as well! It is another book witch…
by Arundhati Roy There cannot be said anything what you cannot find somewhere in the internet. I read first her political essays, and since then I wanted to read this…
by Hartmut Böhme “Culture and Fetishism – Another Theory about the modern Era” would be the literal translation. In reality it is not another theory but it sheds light on…
by Roald Dahl Uncle Oswald is a great story teller. Uncle Oswald is a big liar and Casanova was an amateur compared to him – would say his enemies. Since…
by John Perkins An economic hit man is a man who influences decision makers of foreign countries – preferably poor one with rich natural resources – to accept loans from…
by João Ubaldo Ribeiro Another Brazilian book! Bit I read it in the German translation. I am sure wouldn’t have understood it in the original version. Too many regional expressions…
by Franz Kafka Kafka’s linguistic style is unmatched, at least fro me. This fragmentary book is really strange for the contemporary reader. America is still in its infancy but at…
by F. Scott Fitzgerald The great Gatsby and his great exaggerations. Interestingly, Gatsby is not the main person in the plot – but this character weaves every thread of the…