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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I take it you don't holiday in non-English speaking countries much then?
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It's true that I haven't left the country in many years. But I have memories of finding great books in the limited selection of English books in other countries. I had to challenge myself to read something I wouldn't otherwise have picked, and once in a while I would find the best books that way. (slimmest pickings: the little leave-a-book/take-a-book pile at the youth hostel. There I found The English Patient by Ondaatje, and The Agony and The Ecstasy by Stone, both fantastic books).
When I was a kid I discovered Astrid Lindgren by raiding the English language books of the government-run tourist shop in central Stockholm. She has written many, many more books than Pippi Longstocking. Nowadays you can buy them all on Amazon, but in the late 70s, I think that shop in Stockholm was nearly the only place to find them.
Forgive my reminiscences of own reading history, but really the books I have found in other countries have a special place in my heart.
eP