by Leon de Winter Lately I listen to more books than I read. Actually, it is not as bad as it sounds: these books are additional “lecture” since I listen…
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by Uwe Tellkamp A German critic wrote: “… if somebody wants to know how the last 10 years in the German Democratic Republic (the socialist part) were, give him this…
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…
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…