here’s the books so far no order
1.A winter book by Tove Jansson (finland)
2.The siege by Ismail Kadare (albania)
3.Artic chill by Arnaldur Indridason (iceland)
4.Cafe europa by Slavenka Drakulic (croatia)
5.The witches of portobello by Paulo Coellol(brazil)
6.The harmony silk factory by Tash Aw (malaysia)
7.The unnamed by Joshua Ferris(U.S)
8.The women and the ape by Peter Hoeg (denmark)
9.Blueprint for a prophet by Carl Gibeily (lebanon)
10.Zlatas diary by Zlata flipovic (bosnia)
11.Popular music by Mikael Niemi (sweden)
12.The bad girl by Mario Vargas Llosa(peru)
13.My life as a fake by Peter Carey (australia)
14.Autonauts of the cosmoroute by julio cortazar (argentine)
15.Potiki by Patricia Grace (new zealand)
16.2666 by Roberto Bolano (chile)
17.An African in Greenland by Tete -michel Kpomassie (togo)
18.Fado by andrzej stasiuk (poland)
19.Penguin lost by Andrey Kurkov (ukraine)
20.The passport by Herta Muller (romania)
21.Divisadero by Michael ondaatje (canda)
22.Senselessness by H.C Mayo (el salvador)
22.The carpenters pencil by Manuel Rivas (spain)
23.The intergation J.M.G Le Clezio (france)
24.Snow by Orhan Pamuk (turkey)
25.Intimate stranger by Bryten Brytenbach 9south africa)
26.Dream story by Arthur Schnitzler (austria)
27.Tranquility by Attila Bartis (hungray)
28.Wonder by Hugo Claus (beligum)
29.The eagles throne by Carlos Fuentes (mexico)
30.From the diary of a snail by Gunter Grass (germany)
31.The leopard by Tomasi Di Lampedusa (italy)
32.Tales from firozsha baag by Rohinton Mistry(india)
33.My fathers war by Adriaan Van Dis (netherlands)
34.Balzac and the little chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie(china)
35.The boat by Nam Le (vietnam)
36.The master and margarita(russia)
37.Collected stories by Gabiel Garcia Marquez (colombia)
38.Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga(zimbabwe)
39.The blind owl by Sadeq Hedayat (iran)
40.The Dalkey archive by Flann O Brien(ireland)
41.Tales of freedom by Ben Okri(nigeria)
42.First as tragedy,then as farce by Slavoj Zizek(Slovenia)
43.The belly of the atlantic by Fatou Diome(sengal)
44.A bend in the river by V.S Naipaul(Trinidad)
45.Awild sheep chase by Haurki Murkami(Japan)
46.The patience stone by Atiq Rahmi(afghanistan)
47.The snowman by jo nesbo(norway)
48.Brecht at night by Mati Unt(estonia)
49.Brokem Glass by Alain mabanckou(congo)
50.sleepwalking by Mia Couto (mozambeque)
thats it so far need 11 more hope to get them by end of january
An interesting list, Stu. Not too sure about Coelho as representative of Brasil, but there’s some good stuff in there. I see you’ve went bigtime for the Archipelago Books titles. Of all your titles, I have fifteen of them on my shelves, but the only one I’ve read through is The Blind Owl. Trippy!
Have you read Kurkov’s Death And The Penguin already? Or are you just jumping into Penguin Lost?
Must admit i not overly sure about coelho ,yes the archiipelago’s are so nice ,the ones i ve got in mind for rest are a few more african titles and from some of the smaller eastern european countries .thanks for you advice on some titles
The Alchemist by Coelho is one of the worst books I’ve ever read: new age hippy nonsense with no depth in the writing, raisd only by its meaningless message, which some interpret as real insight. Saying that, you’ll be able to get through it in no time.
For Brazil, here’s a few other writers: Clarice Lispector, Milton Hatoum (new translation out in 2010), Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Rubem Fonseca. Only read Lispector, but greatly enjoyed it.
Great list! I’m reading Snow at the moment and finding it the perfect book for this time of year.
I look forward to reading your thoughts on the Blind Owl, as it was far too weird and dark for me.
Enjoy reading yourself around the world!
sorry for delay in reply looking forward to snow pamuk clever writer ,will let you know my thoughts
If you haven’t read it yet, and are still looking for countries you haven’t covered, I can recommend Pramoedya Toer’s This Earth of Mankind for Indonesia. Best book I’ve read so far this year.
many thanks jason i ll have a look that is one part of the world i felt challenge was thin