by Lawrence Gonzales I bought the book because I wanted to prove myself that I would be survivor of extreme situations. I am not sure anymore.It is definitely not a…
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by Fjodor Dostojewski I already had read all of his big novels, except this one. It was his first one, which actually set the tone for his later work. It…
by Alessandro Baricco The subtitle is: The fairy-tale about the nature of the sea. And that’s what it is: a very poetic book about the sea. The sea is the…
by Edward M. Forster Another great discovery of English literature! The plot seems boring for our modern standards. But how Forster develops his characters, the intrigues between them is just…
by Rubem Fonseca Fonseca’s short stories are the essence of his work. You cannot read something more: laconic, brutal, funny, Brazilian, surprising, horrific, promising and hilarious than these stories. Each…
by Pascal Mercier A philosopher – Pascal Mercier – writes a book, how awful! No, how awesome in this case. I expected some esoteric book for women in their midlife-crisis.…
by William Somerset Maugham The perfect novel. I did not know him before but I have to read more of his work. Summarising, it is a novel about love, dependency…
by Philip Roth The acclaimed novel abut getting old and about sickness. Inevitable but mostly denied. The is nothing nice when you reach the age which one thought would never…
by Patrick Süsskind It is a best-seller. It is a long-seller. it is exceptional. Most exceptional books do not fulfil the first condition. This book you can find on every…
by Mario Vargas Llosa At least once a year I have to read a book in Spanish. This one was a good choice. By coincidence again about a dictatorship. Actually,…