I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews from June 2012.
Andrić, Ivo "The Bridge on the Drina" (Serbo-Croat: На Дрини Ћуприја or Na Drini Ćuprija) - 1945
This is the story of a bridge. From the day it was built in the 16th century up until a couple of hundred years later in the 20th.
This is the story of a bridge. From the day it was built in the 16th century up until a couple of hundred years later in the 20th.
Atwood, Margaret "The Handmaid's Tale" - 1985
A young lady called Offred tells us the story of Gilead, a country in the future, situated in a part of the present United States of America.
A young lady called Offred tells us the story of Gilead, a country in the future, situated in a part of the present United States of America.
Otto, Whitney "How to Make an American Quilt" - 1991
This story is full of wonderful women who all have a story to tell, and they tell their story to Finn who is the granddaughter of one of the quilt ladies and is about to get married.
Plenzdorf, Ulrich "The New Sufferings of Young W." (German: Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.) - 1972
Any German who visited school after 1972 will have read this book as well as Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (Die Leiden des jungen Werther). Same as the original, the "New Sufferings" spoke to the people.
Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.
I really liked How to Make an American Quilt. But then I liked most of Whitney Otto's books. Have you read any of her other ones?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. No, I haven't. I only read this because I liked the film so much. I wasn't even aware that she had written more, this was long before the internet. Which other one would you recommend?
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