by Daniel Kehlmann Fame – the title of he book – is all too familiar to Daniel Kehlmann, who gained world fame with his previous novel “Die Vermessung der Welt”…
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by Anthony Burgess Everybody knows Kubrick’s movie. In fact the movie helped Burgess to become famous. As many, first I watched the movie. Normally it is the other way around:…
by Walter Kempowski “From Great Times” – that is the ambiguous title of the book. The great times are always in the past when you are getting older. But these…
by Truman Capote Of course, everybody knows at least the title of this book, or even saw the movie with Cathrine Hephburn. I read the book first, now… as a…
by Siri Hustvedt A shrink from New York discovers his own abysses. The shrink is Erik Davidson and he tells us the story of his family. After his father died,…
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…
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…