Tag Archives: Summer Reading

Summer Reading List – 29 good… and 29 *great* books

. My reading list, this summer? Here are 29 books… that I suspect to be pretty good. And another 29 books… that I suspect to be great. Update, spring 2013: I managed to read a good number of the books. … Continue reading

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Stapel ungelesener Bücher (Summer Reading)

good (?) unread books, August 2011. 01: Norbert Gstrein: “Das Handwerk des Tötens” 02: Carson McCullers: “The Heart is a lonely Hunter” 03: Irmgard Keun: “The Artificial Silk Girl” o4: Dave Eggers: “Zeitoun” 05: Christopher Isherwood: “The Berlin Stories” 06: … Continue reading

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Sommerbücher …aus der Frankfurter Allgemeinen

Wenn meine Mutter sonntags Brötchen holt, kauft sie sich die Welt, weil sie “so ansprechend aussieht”. Wenn ich sonntags Brötchen hole, kaufe ich ihr lieber die FAS. Und diese Woche hat sich dieser Kauf auch für mich selbst gelohnt: “Der … Continue reading

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The Stories of John Cheever [great short stories 02]

John Cheever (1912 – 1982) wrote four novels – and 61 tense, bitter and sardonic short stories about life in the suburbs and the American dream of the Space Age: cocktail parties, swimming pools, spotless kitchens and the tragic, tender, … Continue reading

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John Updike: The early Stories [great short stories 01]

John Updike (1932 – 2009) wrote dark, complex and delicate short stories about everyday life in small towns and the everyday sorrows of husbands and wifes. His ‘Rabbit’ series of novels has gotten better and better (try ‘Rabbit at Rest’, … Continue reading

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