10-07-2013, 11:44 AM | #16 |
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@Home: I notice you list both "United Kingdom" and "Scotland". Forgive the question, but you are aware that Scotland is a part of the UK?
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10-07-2013, 12:42 PM | #17 |
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Added as Want to Read in Goodreads:
Gelasimov - Thirst (Russia) Fossum - In the Darkness (Norway) Kadare - Chronicle in Stone (Albania) Okorafor - Who Fears Death? (America, but Nigerian) Ingolfsson - The Flatey Enigma (Iceland) Alvaro - The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (Columbia) Brodsky - Watermark (Russia) |
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All joking aside, I do know that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, but I've also been tempted to separate Newfoundland from Canada as I lived there and it has as much to do with Canada as Scotland to the United Kingdom. |
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10-07-2013, 01:14 PM | #19 |
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So, is this turning into your reading challenge for next year? Your reading challenges for the last couple years have been very interesting to follow and this one seems like it would be just as good.
I don't have that information handy (I don't track much about authors, just books), but I am quite sure my list would be very short. I only know of 6 off the top of my head: US (most), UK (Doyle, Pratchett, etc), Russia (Roadside Picnic - Strugatsky), France (Verne), China (Cixin Liu), Canada (Cyril Kowaliski). Of these, I only remember one author from the last 4, but it could be more. |
10-07-2013, 03:04 PM | #20 |
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The embarassed Canadian had to go look up Cyril Kowaliski and his book sounds like something Douglas Coupland would write and so it's been added.
Thanks for the reminder of Roadside Picnic, I remember voting for that one this year. I've sworn off Verne, the only French author I've read, although I did read some of Jean Val Jean in school I haven't counted it. Doyle is from Ireland and is one of my go to authors when I'm stuck for something to read. I read We last year as well, so Russia is at three now. Not so bad if I add a couple more. Austria also got on the board with Thomas Bernhard's The Loser this year. I'm finding some missed categorizations as well. This might be next year's challenge. I'm still figuring that out as I was leaning towards showing Canada some love next year and getting around to some of those things, but I've got time to change my mind and if I find enough interesting material I can always switch it up. |
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Anyone know if Vigilio Rodriguez Macal has been translated into English? I haven't found anything yet, but my Google-fu might not be as good as it might be you know, later.
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10-07-2013, 03:44 PM | #22 |
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Right, I've had a look through my stuff and got a few more names if you want to check them out and see if there's anything you fancy reading.
Afghanistan: Atiq Rahimi Algeria/France: Albert Camus Austria: Gustav Meyrink Bosnia: Ivo Andric China: Mo Yan Croatia: Dasa Drndic Czech Republic: Bohumil Hrabal Germany: Herta Muller Hungary: Antal Szerb; Ferenc Karinthy India: Kishwar Desai Iran: Abdolah Kader Italy: Alessandro Baricco Japan: Kafu, Yoshikawa Korea: Ch'oe Yun Libya: Ibrahim Al-Koni Pakistan: Daniyal Mueenuddin Russia: Vladimir Sorokin, Mikhail Bulgakov Turkey: Yashar Kemal, Orhan Pamuk Last edited by Yolina; 10-07-2013 at 04:03 PM. |
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Nice. Very helpful, especially the Middle East selections.
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Another Icelander to read is Sjòn, three of whose novels have been translated into English: The Blue Fox is a good place to start. And, as cromag said, Borges is another you might enjoy. |
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10-07-2013, 04:56 PM | #26 |
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^Labyrinths has been on my list to read for a while. I think I've found enough Russian options now, but I'll definitely keep that in mind.
It's official! I've decided on my challenge for next year. You can read all the rules at GoodReads. @Dazrin: for some reason it sounded a lot like part of the premise to Generation A by Coupland. |
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That's certainly going to keep you busy for a while! Good luck
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10-07-2013, 06:47 PM | #28 | |
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Please don't harbour your impression that Russian literature is dull for too long! I don't know of your tastes at all, but I really enjoyed Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch (GoodReads). It's an urban fantasy / science fiction.
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10-08-2013, 12:26 AM | #30 |
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Just throwing in José Saramago as an option for Portugal, and Stanislaw Lem for Poland.
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