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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: MAGDA SZABÓ, ‘The Door’, 272 pages, 1987 [Hungarian].
02: A.S. KING, ‘Everybody sees the Ants’, 288 pages, 2011. [Young Adult]
03: JOAN DIDION, ‘Blue Nights’, 208 pages, 2011. [Essay]
04: JOHN B. THOMPSON, ‘Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the 21st Century’, 440 pages, 2010. [Cultural Studies / Nonfiction]
05: BRIAN BOYD, ‘Stalking Nabkov’, 488 Pages, 2011. [Essays / Literary Criticism]
06: ALAN HOLLINGHURST, ‘The Stranger’s Child’, 564 pages, 2011.
07: ELIZABETH McCRACKEN, ‘An exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination’, 192 pages, 2008. [Memoir]
08: EVAN S. CONNELL, ‘Mrs. Bridge’, 246 pages, 1959.
09: DOROTHY BAKER, ‘Cassandra at the Wedding’, 256 pages, 1962.
10: DAWN POWELL, ‘The wicked Pavillon’, 281 pages, 1990.
11: FERNANDO PESSOA: ‘The Book of Disquiet’ / ‘Das Buch der Unruhe’, 544 pages, 1982.
12: MAGGIE NELSON, ‘Bluets’, 99 pages, 2009. [Experimental Short Fiction / Memoir]
13: HELEN DeWITT, ‘The Last Samurai’, 530 pages, 2000.
14: KATE BEATON, ‘Hark! A Vagrant’, 160 pages, 2011. [Webcomic]
15: YUMI UNITA, ‘Bunny Drop’, 192 pages, 2005. [Josei Manga Series / Domestic Fiction]
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Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: E.. WHITE, ‘Charlotte’s Web’, 184 pages, 1952. [Children's Book - it's little-known in Germany, and I still don't even know the details of the plot. High time!]
02: BRIAN SELZNICK, ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’, 533 pages, 2007. [Steampunk / Fantasy / Young Adult]
03: SIBYLLE BERG, ‘Der Mann schläft’, 309 pages, 2009. [German]
04: MICHAEL KÖHLMEIER, ‘Abendland’, 794 pages, 2007. [German. I've read the first 50 pages, and have an excellent feeling so far.]
05: SEBASTIAN CHRIST, ‘Das Knurren der Panzer im Frühling. Ein Kriegsbericht aus Afghanistan’, 224 pages, 2011 [German, Reportage] Update: I’ve read it – and it’s pretty good: 4 of 5 stars. And – strangely enough – a great companion to Greg Rucka’s Afghanistan thriller ‘A Gentleman’s Game’, 2004)
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…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
1: 4 of 5 stars: JULIE ORRINGER, ‘The invisible Bridge’, 602 pages, 2010.
2: 4 of 5 stars: SUSAN J. DOUGLAS, ‘Where the Girls are: Growing up Female with Mass Media’, 349 pages, 1995 [Cultural Studies / Feminism]
3: 4 of 5 stars: A.S. KING, ‘Please ignore Vera Dietz’, 336 pages, 2010 [Young Adult].
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