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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: MATTHEW NORMAN, ‚Domestic Violets‘, 352 pages, 2011.
02: PIERS BRENDON, „The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s“, 848 pages, 2000. [History]
03: JEANETTE WINTERSON, „Why be happy when you could be normal?“, 256 pages, 2011. [Memoir]
04: JORDAN ROSENFELD, „Make a Scene: Crafting a powerful Story one Scene at a Time“, 272 pages, 2007. [Creative Writing]
05: CAROLE MASO, „The Art Lover“, 176 pages, 1990.
06: JANE GARDAM, „Old Filth“, 289 pages, 2004.
07: BRIAN FARREY, ‚With or without you‘, 368 pages, 2011. [Young Adult]
08: ANDREW SMITH, ‚Stick‘, 292 pages, 2011. [Young Adult]
09: SUZETTE MAYR, ‚Monoceros‘, 280 pages, 2011.
10: ALEXANDER MAKSIK, „You deserve nothing“, 323 pages, 2011.
11: CAROLINE PRESTON, „The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt“, 240 pages, 2011.
12: ANNA FUNDER, „All that I am“, 370 pages, 2011.
13: MICHAEL LESY, „Wisconsin Death Trip“, 261 pages, 1973. [Art / Photography.]
14: ALAN FLETCHER, „The Art of Looking Sideways“, 534 pages, 2001. [Art / Design / Neurology / Cultural Studies.]
15: EDEN ROBINSON, „Monkey Beach“, 384 pages, 1999.
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Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: MARILYN FRENCH, „The Women’s Room“, 544 pages, 1977.
02: HANS FALLADA, „Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frißt“, [German pre-WW2 classic], 584 pages, 1934.
03: TUCKER SHAW, „Everything I ate: A Year in the History of my Mouth“, 496 pages, 2005.
04: NAOMI KLEIN, „The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism“, 588 pages, 2007.
05: DOUGLAS KENNEDY, „The Pursuit of Happiness“, 656 pages, 2001.
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…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
1: 4 of 5 stars: W.G. SEBALD, „Die Ausgewanderten“ [US: „The Emigrants“], 354 pages, 1996.
2: 4 of 5 stars: JERRY SPINELLI, „Milkweed“, YA Holocaust Novel, 208 pages, 2003.
3: 4 of 5 stars: ELIZABETH McCRACKEN, „An exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination“, Memoir, 192 pages, 2008.
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