by Carlo Levi Matera – Grassano – Aliano. These are the places of the author’s banishment during Mussolini’s reign before the II. World War. And these are the place of…
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by Siegfried Lenz A complex intimate play, written by one of the most original voices of post-war Germany. That is how you can characterise the novella “The Lightship” and its…
by Ian McEwan I had to laugh out loud very often whilst I listened to this audiobook. – Before I listened it I had heard a couple of reviews on…
by Amitav Ghosh I am fascinated with India. I always was. The reviews of Ghosh’s book promised a look into India’s history with the English occupation. Everybody knows that India…
by Albert Camus Again two words for a Camus novel: brilliantly written. I admit I wasn’t that caught by the story – except for the first part when the rats…
by Ricarda Huch Another book within the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” edition of great novel of the 20th century. And another book that just introduced me to a writer, that I wouldn’t…
by Gabriel Garcia Márquez “Crónica de una muerte anunciada” was my first book I ever bought in Spanish – back in 1994. I think I read 3 pages -actually I…
by Frank Schätzing Everybody knows the Cologne cathedral, right? Using the construction phase of this icon as a backdrop of a crime story, in which the architect is murdered, is…
by James Hamilton-Paterson Appraised by gourmets, but not widely known. I regard myself a gourmet as a gourmet when it comes to talk about this novel.The recurring joke is that…
by Richard David Precht For several weeks it was in the bestseller list in Germany. Unbelievable but true: a philosophical work achieved his. I am still surprised. The young author…