I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from November 2013.
Allende, Isabel "Maya's Notebook" (E: El Cuaderno de Maya) - 2011
If she hadn't been on the list, yet, with this book Isabel Allende would have made it onto my favourite author's list. I absolutely loved this book. Maya is a girl with a tremendous story. She has a Chilean father and a Danish mother and is brought up by her Chilean grandmother and her second husband who is African American.
Dai, Sijie "Once on a Moonless Night" (F: Par une nuit où la lune ne s’est pas levée) - 2007
This deep and complex story revolves around a French student in China and a Chinese greengrocer.
This deep and complex story revolves around a French student in China and a Chinese greengrocer.
Fforde, Jasper "Lost in a Good Book" - 2002
But Thursday Next can enter books and move from one to the next, this is called "bookjumping". This time, she spends a lot of time in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens but also visits other places. A device I would like to have in real life in order to visit friends on the other side of the world within a couple of hours.
But Thursday Next can enter books and move from one to the next, this is called "bookjumping". This time, she spends a lot of time in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens but also visits other places. A device I would like to have in real life in order to visit friends on the other side of the world within a couple of hours.
Hessel, Stéphane "Time for Outrage!" (F: Indignez-vous!) - 2011
Stéphane Hessel is 93 years old and he was a member of Résistance during the war. When he published his book in France, it caused a lot of attention. The author encourages us to be outraged.
Mann, Thomas "The Magic Mountain" (GE: Der Zauberberg) - 1924
The title sounds enchanting. Who wouldn't want to step into it, even if it means you have to go through 1,100 pages to get to the end? I think this book deserves five stars just for the brilliant title which is as magical in the original as well as the translated title.
Regener, Sven "Berlin Blues" (GE: Herr Lehmann) - 2001
This is the story about a guy who would probably be called a loser by many. Frank comes from Bremen but lives in Berlin and works in a pub. His parents think he could do better, his brother certainly thinks that. His friends call him Herr Lehmann, one girl after the other leaves him.
This is the story about a guy who would probably be called a loser by many. Frank comes from Bremen but lives in Berlin and works in a pub. His parents think he could do better, his brother certainly thinks that. His friends call him Herr Lehmann, one girl after the other leaves him.
Scieszka, Jon; Smith, Lane "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" - 1989
This is the true story of the "Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf" as retold by Alexander T. Wolf. Or is it "The Three Bad Pigs and the Nice Little Wolf"?
This is the true story of the "Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf" as retold by Alexander T. Wolf. Or is it "The Three Bad Pigs and the Nice Little Wolf"?
I loved Lost in a Good Book! :D
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