by Julia Franck Here is a review and summary from the blog Dialog International:“Stettin, 1945. In a bombed-out apartment, an eight-year old boy secretly watches as his mother is repeatedly…
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by Jonas Jonasson I had some great laughs listening to the audiobook version. But I could imagine it is not for everybody since it is completely over the top. The…
by Michael Köhlmeier A book about Joel Spazierer, a man without moral. He is a barbarian, later blackmailer, counterfeiter, thief, cold-blooded, vindictive, greedy. Even a five-times murderer but you are…
by Patrick Modiano Here is another of the good book summaries by Bernd Wunderlich in German:“Die Eltern von Louis Memling – der Vater war Radrennfahrer, die Mutter Tänzerin – kamen…
by Javier Cercas A captivating novel which starts in the aftermath of the Franco dictatorship and reaches into the present times. Here a summary and review by the Financial Times:”……
by Lutz Seiler Here a Google translated summary from the German wikipedia article:“ .. The novel Kruso of Lutz Seiler plays on the island of Hiddensee in the milieu of…
by Franz Werfel Since it’s been too long ago that I read here a summary I found on ebook-finder.com“ … Pale Blue Ink in a Lady’s Hand is, in many…
by Anna Seghers I am writing now, today is the Aug 20th 2016, the summaries for all the books since December 2014. Actually I will give up the personal touch…
by William Maxwell It is an old-fashioned novel, without big emotional waves or arcs of suspense. Nevertheless, it caught me. Maybe because it is situated in a time when America…
by Jonathan Litell It was a bestseller in various countries and praised by many critics as unique and shocking read. A further interesting aspect is, that Litell is an American…