by Knut Hamsun One of the most astonishing travels into the inner-self. The basic setting is a man who experiences repetitive phases of existential hunger and at teh same time…
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by J.M. Coetzee Coetzee’s novels are always so sad, even hopeless. “Waiting for the Barbarians” describes, despite of having a story, just a situation – a state of mind. I…
by Aravind Adiga Learn about the dark side of India’s raise. That is the essence of most articles about this book. They insinuate that the mainstream media only tells you…
by Arnon Grünberg This book hurts. The protagonist Vorname is so fucked up and I would despise his way of life in the real world.. Nevertheless, you feel and suffer…
by Isaak Babel Since I read “Vast Emotions & Imperfect Thoughts” by Rubem Fonseca I wanted to read Isaak Babel. See my previous comments. A friend bought “The Odessa Tales”…
by Werner Bräunig The setting is pretty interesting from a historical perspective. When the Americans dropped the nuclear bombs in Japan the Russians needed desperately and and very quick Uranium.…
by Andrzej Stasiuk I would like to call it poetry. It seems to be a novel but as the author puts it: it does not have an beginning nor an…
by Jaan Kroos I just love historic novels. Jaan Kroos is considered as the re-inventor of that genre. That and teh fact that I hadn’t ever read a book from…
by Milton Hatoum Two Brothers – would be the literal translation of the title Hatoum describes all he opposite of what you would expect from brothers and their relationship. It…
by Mario Vargas Llosa It is a little but perfectly composed novel. Vargas-Llosa included even seven paintings – ranging from Rembrandt to Francis Bacon – as reproductions into the text.…