Thanks for the recommendations so far. Please keep them coming! And if you could, please also mention which country the book covers, and what you like the book you are recommending.
Charanya, I was listening to Allende talk about Eva Luna on BBC World Book Club a couple of days ago. S. On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 12:35 PM Charanya Chidambaram < [email protected]> wrote: > Great endeavour! Tried doing this a few years ago, read a few and the > project got derailed. Glad to tag along with you as the recommendations > come in. > > My favourites from when I was reading - > 1. Disgrace, J M Coetzee > 2. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende > 3. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier > 4. Alive and Clicking, TS Satyan > > Alive and Clicking won my heart, as I read it as a 20-something year old. > Its a book on people and places through the lens of the famous cameraman, T > S Satyan. In all it's simplicity, it showed a world to me that was so > diverse and yet gave me the feeling of belonging to a tribe. > > Hope you enjoy these! > C > > > On Fri, 25 Feb, 2022, 10:41 pm Thaths via Silklist, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am setting myself the goal of reading at least one book from every >> single country on Earth. What are some books you would recommend that are >> set in a specific country? Why? >> >> More details: >> >> 1. Since I am only comfortable reading in English, it has to be an >> English translation (or written in English to begin with). >> >> 2. Country could be interpreted loosely: Past or Present. Disputed or >> recognized. >> >> 3. Genre no bar - It could be fiction, non-fiction, whatever. >> >> Thaths >> -- >> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >> Carl: Nuthin'. >> Homer: D'oh! >> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >> Homer: Woo-hoo! >> _______________________________________________ >> Silklist mailing list >> Manage your membership here: >> https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ > > -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
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