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Do American authors not count? I noticed you don't have U.S on your list :p
This is an interesting idea. I will take a look at my own bookshelf and see how diverse it is. Though from what I expect to find it will be only U.K, French, U.S, German and Canadian.
Well since America is my home base I was not sure that would really count.Quote:
Originally Posted by magictrick
Have you read a full book by a Welsh author? No doubt everyone has read individual Dylan Thomas poems, but a full book? Here's a list:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Welsh_novelists
Some I've heard of and should have read, but I don't think I have!
I have once read a YA (Young Adult Book) by a Welsh Author, but to my knowledge I have not an adult novel by such, but it is one thing I would be quite interested to do, I will have to check out the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal4mac
If you fancy reading something old and Welsh The Mabinogion might be right up your street. It's believed to be the original basis for the King Arthur myths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion
I think you can count US and UK. It might be interesting if there were something by a Native American writer to give a different US perspective?
I love the Legend of King Arthur, so I will have to check that out.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFifthElement
And I like the idea of reading something by a Native American, I will definitely keep that in mind.
That's a nice challenge, Dark Muse.
I once had a "challenge" to read at least one book from every continent of the world, but your project is way bigger - and more.. specific. I like it!
I have finished my first book for the challenge.
1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
an excellent choice for that country. hope you enjoyed kafka as much as i did.
also, i recently ran across this site with an applet of a world map with books tagged in respective countries which they were inspired from.
though i doubt it would be of any help at all, here.
http://www.bookdrum.com/maps.html
I did very much enjoy it, and that sounds interesting, I will have to check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by sickboy
I finished my first one as well:
1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė.
2. Russia - Demons by DostoevskyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
Well, I'm taking on this challenge, 80 books from around the world. Hell yeah I'm doing this! Also is the book counted separately if it's indigenous literature? If I read Inuit literature and then Canadian literature, do they count as two Canadian books even though they're vastly different cultures?
That is an interesting question which I had not thought of before. Even though they are very different cultures I think they would still count as both being from Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoke-Indigo
Though if one wanted to challenge themselves further they could separate the two.
And as for myself, since I actually live in America, at first I was thinking that I should not count America at all, but now I am considering trying to read a book from a Native American author to count for America.
As long as you read in one language, you can read as many foreign books as you want, you read only translations, you stay in your little world, you do not fully understand the other cultures, you just perceive them with a distorting scope . It would be much more fruitful to learn other languages in order to read the original texts.