The latest addition to my website is Iliya Troyanov‘s Der Eistau (The Lamentations of Zeno). Zeno Hintermeier is a guide on Antartic cruise. He used to teach geology, specialising in glaciers (he has adopted one in Germany) but things went wrong – messy divorce, unable to cope and his glacier shrinking. He is particularly concerned … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Lydie Salvayre‘s La Conférence de Cintegabelle (The Lecture). As the title tells us it is indeed a lecture given to the people of his small town, Cintegabelle. The lecture is about the art of conversation and a lecturer, who is not named, believes he is an expert on … Read more
The latest addition to my website isLydie Salvayre‘s La Médaille (The Award). The book consists of speeches given at a ceremony in a French car factory where medals are being handed out to long-serving/exemplary workers. The speeches are given alternately by a management representative and the employee. Management tries to show how much it has … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Germano Almeida‘s O Testamento do Sr. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo(The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo), a novel from Cape Verde. Napumoceno hasbuilt up a successful export-import business and when he dies, he is expected to leave everything to his nephew and business partner, Carlos. … Read more
The latest addition to my website is György Spiró‘s Fogság (Captivity). This mammoth novel – 865 pages – is set at the beginning of the first millennium A.D> and follows the story of Uri, Jewish but living in Rome and a Roman citizen.Unlike most boys of his age, he does not help his father because … Read more
