The captive mind Today I present a book published in 1953 in France by the Polish writer Czesław Miłosz. It was written in the early...

Never let me go The protagonists of this book are connected by the Hailsham school. However, this is no ordinary school. It is a school...

The unconsoled Given the writer’s first and last name, I expected the action to take place in the land of the Rising Sun. I was surprised...

TARANTULA “A song is nothing but a walk within yourself,” says Dylan. This book is a masterpiece of poetic expression. The first book...

Chronicles: Volume One “I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home.” It’s a sentence Dylan uses to describe himself. Bob...

Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future The cover of this book immediately attracted me to read it. Carnations. I remember my...

The unwomanly face of war: an oral history of women in World War II Writing about war is always hard. Read about it, too. Especially if...

Little Jewel (Le Petit Bijou) The main protagonist of this novel is the young girl Thérese who was left by her mother as a child. Since...

Dora Bruder If you liked the novel Missing person (Rue Des Boutiques Obscures), you’ll probably love this one. The search for the missing...

La place de l'etoile The narrator, Rafael Šlemilovič, is an unreal character through whose encounters thousands of lives and destinies...

The Land of Green Plums (German: Herztier) This is my favorite novel I’ve read this year. An irresistible blend of prose and poetry -...

Missing person (Rue Des Boutiques Obscures) A touching novel that has private investigator Guy Roland at the center of the plot, who...

Open Secrets Open Secrets consists of eight stories. Most of the action takes place in Ontario and all the stories are connected to that...

Change A short novel by the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. The narrator describes his upbringing in China during the...

Frog, Mo Yan Does anyone have the right to decide how many children a woman should have? Whether it depends on individual circumstances -...

Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa Along with G.G. Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa is the most famous representative of Latin American...

It is May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, declared a holy war against the knights of the order of St. John the...

Best short story of Malta Clare Azzopadi