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…
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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…
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…
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…