by Nikos Kazantzakis I wanted to read this book for many. many years. I think it was the sirtaki dance interpretation by Anthony Quinn in the movie which made me…
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by Jared Diamond Lucas recommended me this book. Actually he put it on my desk: read it! It took quit a while before I finished the task. Diamond has a…
by Alberto Moravia Stories from. Rome. These short stories are not about the historical places but about the losers of the society who live in the suburbs. I read Moravia’s…
by Marguerite Yourcenar This novella is a dense play about love, rejection and despair. Actually it does not matter where and when it takes place. But it is put into…
by Arthur Schnitzler This novella served as blue-print for the Kubrick movie “Eyes wide shut”. To my surprise some portions where pretty close to the novella. Reading it you do…
by Amélie Nothomb Amélie Nothomb is one of my favorite writers: young, with that unique laconic style to describe the most horrible things. She is Belgium who grew up in…
by Michel Houellebecq It is a typical Houellebecq: he has no illusions about humans and their ability to love (or better inability). Two half brothers, Michel, the molecular biologist and…