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Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention:
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01: ROBIN SLOAN, „Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Book Store“, 304 pages, 2012.
02: JENS PETER JACOBSEN, „Niels Lyhne“, 152 pages, 1880 [Danish].
03: DONALD HALL, „The Best Day The Worst Day – Life with Jane Kenyon“, 258 pages, 2005 [Memoir].
04: ELIZABETH ARTHUR, „Antarctic Navigation“, 816 pages, 1995.
05: A.S. KING, „Ask the Passengers“, 296 pages, 2012. [Young Adult]
06: SHANNON MESSENGER, „Keeper of the Lost Cities“, 496 pages, 2012. [Young Adult / Fantasy]
07: KATJA MILLAY, „The Sea of Tranquility“, 380 pages, 2012. [Young Adult, might be trash…?]
08: BOUALEM SANSAL, „The German Mujahid“, 240 pages, 2008. [Algerian]
09: GAITO GASDANOW, „Das Phantom des Alexander Wolf“, 192 Seiten, 1947. [Russian emigré writer, new German translation]
10: YI IN-SEONG, „Jahreszeiten des Exils“, 318 pages, 1983. [Korean, new German tanslation]
11: SEPP MALL, „Berliner Zimmer“, 188 pages, 2012. [Austrian]
12: ANNETTE KOLB, „Das Exemplar“, 210 pages, 1913. [German]
13: DANIEL MEZGER, „Land spielen“, 318 pages, 2012. [Swiss]
14: TILMAN RAMMSTEDT, „Die Abenteuer meines ehemaligen Bankberaters“, 190 pages, 2012. [German]
15: SABINE FRIEDRICH, „Wer wir sind“, 2032 pages, 2012 [German].
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Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: MARLEN HAUSHOFER, „The Wall“ / „Die Wand“, 240 pages, 1962. [Austrian]
02: MARCEL BEYER, „Flughunde“, 301 pages, 1996. [German]
03: SERGEJ LUKIANENKO, „Wächter des Morgen“, 464 Seiten, 2012. [Russian; German translation.]
Ich habe die „Wächter“-Reihe u.a. HIER besprochen / empfohlen: Link
04: NIKOLAI VOGEL, „Spam Diamond“, 210 pages, 2012. [Austrian, Rezensionsexemplar, danke an Haymon!]
05: ANDREAS STICHMANN, „Das große Leuchten“, 240 Seiten, 2012. [German; Rezensionsexemplar, danke an Rowohlt!]
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…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
5 of 5 stars: ARNE BELLSTORF, „Baby’s in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles in Hamburg“, 208 pages, 2010. [Graphic Novel]
4 of 5 stars: TOVE JANSSON, „Fair Play“, 127 pages, 1989. [Nonfiction / personal essays – not half as good as her „Summer Book“, though.]
4 of 5 stars: MILENA MICHIKO FLASAR, „Ich nannte ihn Krawatte“, 144 pages, 2012. [Austrian; Rezensionsexemplar, danke an Verlag Klaus Wagenbach!]
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related Posts:
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
and:
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: December 2011 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2011 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2011 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2011 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2011 (Link)
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- Underdog Literature: June 2011 (Link)
