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Looking Forward 2024 reading plansThis is the first time I can think of in all the time I have been Blogging I have done a post about the year ahead and thought that far ahead in...
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The River BetweenThe River Between by Ngūgī wa Thiong’o Kenyan fiction Source – Personal Copy I keep thinking every year would be Thiong’o’s...
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My rivers by Faruk ŠehićMy rivers by Faruk Šehić Bosnian poetry Original title – Moje rijeke Translator – S D Curtis Source -Review copy I struggled to review...
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Vengeance is mine by Marie NdiayeVengeance is mine by Marie Ndiaye French Fiction Original title –La vengeance m’appartient Translator – Jordan Stump Source –...
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Well November has gone my November 23 reading etcGetting Lost by Annie Ernaux The Blue Soda Siphon by Urs Widmer Let’s go home, son by Ivica Prtenjača Summer fishing in Lapland by Juhani Karila...
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Anyone who utters a consoling word is a tratior by Alexander KlugeAnyone who utters a consoling word is a traitor by Alexander Kluger German fiction Original title –Wer ein Wort des Trostes spricht, ist ein...
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The Opppermanns by Lion FeuchtwangerTHE Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger German fiction Original title Die Geschwister Oppermann Translator – James Cleugh Source – Personal...
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Blueprint by Theresia EnzensbergerBlueprint by Theresia Ezensberger German fiction Original title – Blaupause Translator – Lucy Jones Source – Personal copy I have...
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Lets go home ,son by Ivica PrtenjačaLet’s go home, Son by Ivica Prtenjača Croatian fiction Original title -Sine, idemo kući Translator – David Williams Source review copy...
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The Blue Soda Siphon by Urs WidmerThe Blue Soda Siphon Swiss fiction Original title – Der blaue Siphon Translator – Donal McLaughlin Source – Personal copy I am a...
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MY reading HabitsI been inspired t write this by the recent Mookse and Gripes episode, where Trevor and Paul talked over their habits and other bits around them as...
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October 23 lets look backat the month.The city of the living by Nicola Lagioia Without Waking Up by Carolina Schutti The rider by Tim Krabbé My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon The...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Classic Detective fiction Source – Personal copy I was inspired by Simon Savidge in...
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The Shining by Jon FosseThe Shining by Jon Fosse Norweigan fiction Original title – Kvitleik Translator – Damion Searls Source – Personal copy on kindle...
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Maigret and the Saturday Caller by Georges SimenonMaigret and the Saturday Caller by Georges Simenon Belgian fiction Original title – Maigret et le client du Samedi Translator – Siân...
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Travels with Charley by John SteinbeckTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck American Memoir Source – Personal copy When I read the list of books I could read for the club 1962, I...
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Conversation of Three wayfarers by Peter WeissConversation of the three wayfarers German fiction Original title – Das Gespräch der drei Gehenden Translator – E B Garside Source...
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Big Sur by Jack KerouacBig Sur by Jack Kerouac America fiction Source – personal copy I had looked down the list of books from 1962, and I had quite a few on my...
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Autumn Quail by Naguib MahfouzAutumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian literature Original title – السمان والخريف Translator – Roger Allen and revised by John...
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The Most secret memory of men by Mohamed Mbougar SarrThe Most secret memory of men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Senegalese fiction Original title – La plus secrète mémoire des hommes...
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My Friend Maigret by Georges SimenonMy friend Maigret by Georges Simenon Belgian crime fiction Original title – Mon Ami Maigret Translator – Shaun Whiteside Source –...
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The Rider by Time KrabbéThe Rider by TimKrabbé Dutch fiction Original title – De Renner Translator – Sam Garrett Source – Library book This is one of...
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Nobel literature winner 2023 Jon FosseJon Fosse has won the Norwegian writer and yet another win for Fitzcarraldo, or maybe we should call them the Nobel publisher I have reviewed three...
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Without Waking Up by Carolina SchuttiWithout Waking Up by Carolina Schutti Austrian fiction Original title –Einmal muss ich über weiches Gras gelaufen sein Translator Deidre...
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The city of the living by Nicola LagioiaThe City of the Living by Nicol Lagioa Italian non-fiction Original title -La città dei vivi Translator – Ann Goldstein Source – review...
