1. England - Rubicon, The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
2. Russia - We by Yevgeny Zamatin
1. England - Rubicon, The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
2. Russia - We by Yevgeny Zamatin
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
So what are you going to read from Portugal?
Originally I was thinking of reading "The Last Pope" by Luis Miguel Rocha, but I just go "Blindness" by Saramago over the holiday and I am pretty excited about wanting to read that one so I might go with that first instead.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
11. Egypt - Den stulna romanen (Zina al-riwaya al-masruqa) by Nawal El SaadawiOriginally Posted by thelastmelon
12. Finland - The Sweet Poison Cook by Arto Paasilinna
http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?he...baya_Indonesia
http://punyabagus.blogspot.com/2008/...eneration.html
These websites have insights about Chairil Anwar, the most famous Indonesian poet who died at 27 during World War II. I hope you will enjoy it, because not many people, even here, appreciate poetry and prose.
Pramoedya Ananta Tour is also a pretty renowned novelist from Indo.
Enjoy!
5. India - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
2. Russia - Demons by Dostoevsky
3. France - The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Dumas
4. England - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
6. Sweden - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
13. Iceland - Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
14. Italy - The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
How is this last one? I've been meaning to read it for a long time.
Also, my list (I include here what I've read in the last 12 months or so and in case I've read more than one book from one country I will name only the last one):
1. Turkey - Orhan Pamuk - The Museum of Innocence
2. France - Michel Houellebecq - The Platform
3. Germany - Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front
4. US - The Tender Bar: A Memoir - J. R. Moehringer
5. UK- George Orwell - Books vs. Cigarettes
6. Italy - Giovanni Papini - The Failure (Un Uomo Finito)
7. Spain- Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind
8. Colombia- Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
9. Japan - Haruki Murakami - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
10. Israel - Amos Oz- The Black Box
11. Afghanistan - Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
I am not sure if the last one counts, though. He moved to US when he was 15.
Last edited by coluta; 05-24-2012 at 07:11 PM.
I have the same problem at times too. It is hard for me to decide at times if I should count a certain author or not because of their current location vs where they were born, or the place in which it seems they have in fact spent most of their life vs where they were born.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
7. Canada - World of Wonders by Robertson Davies1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
2. Russia - Demons by Dostoevsky
3. France - The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Dumas
4. England - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
5. India - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
6. Sweden - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
8. Turkey - My Name Is Red by Orhand Pamuk1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
2. Russia - Demons by Dostoevsky
3. France - The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Dumas
4. England - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
5. India - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
6. Sweden - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
7. Canada - World of Wonders by Robertson Davies
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
1. Belgium - Ex-drummer by Herman Brusselmans
2. Netherlands - The Happy Hooker by Xaviera Hollander
3. Finland - The Maid Silja by Frans Eemil Sillanpää
15. Canada - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
16. Denmark - Elefantskötarnas barn by Peter Høeg
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