by Dan Ariely The book caught my attention in Tucson’s Barnes&Noble because I had seen Dan Ariely’s TED Talk. As entertaining as he is a orator as funny and equally…
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by Juan Gabriel Vásquez Already on the first pages I was drawn into the book – not into the story, but what the author said about life and how. The…
by Jacques Roubaud Besides the fact, that it is a disturbing story about friendship and betrayal, I found it interesting that it follows self imposed formal restrictions. Roubaud is member…
by David Foster Wallace I read the paperback edition in German. And I do not know if this was an “Infinite Jest”, since the book has 1600 pages, printed in…
by Wladimir Sorokin Russian literature is great. And there is a certain Russian tradition of writing.. tradition is not bad but easily turns into an unshakable expectation on the reader’s…
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…
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…