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Well, we've had the Russians, the British, now let's explore some other European writers, their works and their genre from Western Europe (German, Dutch, Scandinavian etc--all included). Fortunately, we have some internationalists among us (come forward, please) and widely read members.
Here's a little known Dutch writer to add to our reading oeuvre:
Cees Nooteboom (Nut tree, trans.) has written several books translated into English, all of which get good reviews and are quite readable. A bit of a fantasy writer, worth exploring.
I have only read one of Cees Nooteboom's books, and for the life of me, right now I can't remember what the title was. Will have to check on that once we have our bookshelves up and books FINALLY unpacked.
There are a couple of german authors I enjoy reading, Doris Dorrie, who writes books about love, passion, relationships, but not in the usual way, her books are very readable and a couple of them have been made into movies.
Another favorite of mine is Patrick Sueskind, I loved "the perfume"!
And I enjoy reading books by Henning Mankell, he writes mysteries, but my favorite of his is "chronicler of the wind" which tells the story of a 10 year old african boy. This might have been a good choice for the book club, too. ;-)
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Henning Mankell has been mentioned twice today. I'll have to see what's around of his (he is a him, right) in the local shop and please colorado native.
I'm going to visit a literacy program in another town tomorrow to donate some of my read books, and they have a lovely collection of new and old books.
PS - I just looked up Susskind's Perfume. Did you read it in German?
What I'm finding with The Wall is the English translation is truly English (British by definition) and has a slightly different tone than if it had been translated by an American. Or I just may be nutz.
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I have only read one of Cees Nooteboom's books, and for the life of me, right now I can't remember what the title was. Will have to check on that once we have our bookshelves up and books FINALLY unpacked.
There are a couple of german authors I enjoy reading, Doris Dorrie, who writes books about love, passion, relationships, but not in the usual way, her books are very readable and a couple of them have been made into movies.
Another favorite of mine is Patrick Sueskind, I loved "the perfume"!
And I enjoy reading books by Henning Mankell, he writes mysteries, but my favorite of his is "chronicler of the wind" which tells the story of a 10 year old african boy. This might have been a good choice for the book club, too. ;-)
Henning Mankell has been mentioned twice today. I'll have to see what's around of his (he is a him, right) in the local shop and please colorado native.
I'm going to visit a literacy program in another town tomorrow to donate some of my read books, and they have a lovely collection of new and old books.
PS - I just looked up Susskind's Perfume. Did you read it in German?
What I'm finding with The Wall is the English translation is truly English (British by definition) and has a slightly different tone than if it had been translated by an American. Or I just may be nutz.
Yes, I do have the Perfume in German. It has been quite a while since I read it, need to read it again... I loved it at the time because it was so different than anything I had read before.
I am going to the library tomorrow and will try to get The Wall in English...(I am quite sure you are not "nutz" . )
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I read Perfume in English, and would love to compare the two. Having had the privilege to translate some, I think I am extra sensitive to word variance.
I'll be interested to hear what you think when you get the English version of The Wall. I am nearly finished with it...it is moving quickly.
I would never forget her, however, I place her in Britain. I wonder if my geography is off as I nearly always separate the Isles from mainland Europe.
As far as I know, Britain [and I believe she's actually Irish] is part of Europe. It certainly isn't American or Russian or African or Asian!
Just for curiosity's sake, what do you consider 'modern'? I've always considered anything post-WW I to be modern. And my favorite of Remarque's was All Quiet on the Western Front. I know it was devastating economically, but I always got a kick out of the idea of people taking their money in wheelbarrows to markets.
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