Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë This month we are introducing a classic of English literature, Jane Eyre, An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë, first published under her pen name of `Currer Bell´, in October 1847. What‘s the book about? The...
Trust by Hernan Diaz This month‘s novel is Trust by Hernan Diaz, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Best-Seller. Hernan Diaz is an Argentinian/American writer. His first novel In The Distance, was a finalist for...
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang This month‘s novel is Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang, an American novelist, who has a degree in international economics and graduate degrees in Sinology from Magdalene College, Cambridge and University College,...
Disappearing Earth by Julia Philipps Disappearing Earth, (2019), is the first novel from an American author, Julia Phillips. The book was a finalist for the 2019 US National Book Award for Fiction. It was also named one of The New York Times Top...
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The book we are introducing today is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, published in 2023. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is about the intertwining lives of African...
Erasure by Percival Everett This month’s book is not a recent publication. In fact it was first published in 2001, but the themes it tackles are still very relevant today. It’s Erasure, by Percival Everett. Percival Everett is a prolific...
Victory City by Salman Rushdie Sir Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American novelist, is one of the best-known contemporary novelists in the English language. Today we are going to introduce his novel, Victory City, published in 2023. He is...
Austria Behind the Mask: Politics of a Nation Since 1945 by Paul Lendvai This month we are introducing a work of non-fiction, published in English in 2023, by a respected journalist. The book is Austria Behind the Mask: Politics of a Nation...
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle In this programme we introduce a book that was first published in 1995 but which seems even more relevant today. It is The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. Born in New York in December 1946, he is the New...
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan In this programme we introduce Small Things Like These (2021) by Claire Keegan, an Irish author whose stories are translated into thirty languages and have won several literary prizes. The publisher’s...
Scenes From a Childhood by Jon Fosse In this programme we introduce Scenes from a Childhood, by Norwegian author, Jon Fosse, published in 2018. Jon Fosse is an author, translator and, especially, a playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel...
Dienstag, den 05. März 2024: This month we are introducing a book about childhood. The book is ‚Boyhood, Scenes from Provincial Life‘, a fictionalized, autobiographical novel, by J.M. Coetzee, published in 1997. J.M. Coetzee is one of...
Assembly by Natasha Brown Today’s book is author Natasha Brown’s first novel. It caused quite a stir in the literary world when it was published in 2019. The book is set in the late summer of 2019. The blurb on the back cover of the novel...
Dienstag, den 02. Jänner 2024: The Latecomer by Jean Hanff KorelitzThe book we introduce this month is The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz, an American novelist, playwright, theatre producer and essayist. Published in 2022, it tells the...
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