by Machado de Assis The stubborn, this would be the literal translation of the title. But the first paragraph in the book clarifies that the dictionary meaning is not the…
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by Edgar Hilsenrath Only a Jew can write a satire about the holocaust, at least in Germany. Moreover, it is written from the perspective of a Nazi and mass murderer…
by Nadine Gordimer I still trust in the Nobel committee in Sweden. Therefore I always wanted to read nadine Gordimer. This year I saw also a discussion with her on…
by Rubem Fonseca Alternative literature! It is not like Bukowski, it is real literature, it is Rubem Fonseca from Rio de Janeiro. I discovered him via a podcast where they…
by Tom Wolfe That soft soft man with a white suit, white socks and white shoes: a dandy: Tom Wolfe. I knew this picture of him and therefore I concluded…
by Daniel Pennac Read Daniel Pennac! read his Malaussène novels! Read all of them! In serious, I can not imagine that anybody would not like it. This is a relatively…
by Georges Simenon I am not a big fan of detective novels. Simenon is famous for his novels with detective Maigret as main character. To raise my reservation even further:…
by Daniel Kehlmann Kehlmann is a newcomer in Germany: one of the promising new generation of writers. He is intelligent, funny and writes sharp dialogues. In order to fictionalise the…
by Haruki Murakami A fascinating novel! But why? I do not know. The German translation was very often rather lame but nevertheless, I couldn’t stop to read. The story must…
by Carson McCullers Surprise! For at least. Reading McCullers book I realised that communist ideas were once topical in the US. At least she had a certain sympathy for these…