I just read about the ORBIS TERRARUM Challenge! And thought this sounded pretty fun. In a nutshell, the challenge is to read nine books by nine different authors from nine different countries by December 20.
In no particular order, here’s my picks:
2. Death in the Andes - Mario Vargas Llosa (
3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (
4. Deafening - Frances Itani (
5. Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko (
6. The
7. Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones (
8. How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn (
9. Closely Watched Trains - Bohumil Hrabal (
Some of these have been on my list to read for a long time like One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s a little all over the map here ::ducks:: some magic realism, science fiction and fantasy and more.
I’m looking forward to the challenge.
http://exlibrisbb.blogspot.com/2008/03/orbis-terrarum-challenge.html
2 comments:
Welcome!! this is going to be great fun! I love your list, I am mostly excited about this challenge because it will give us glimpses into all different places of the world...that is a gift.
Okay, so because I am very excited about reviews, ideas or quotes you really liked from your Orbis Terrarum books...please (pretty, pretty please?) make a MR. linky link when you have something interesting. I will put one up every month.
again, WELCOME!!!
Great choice of books. I already read "The Island of Eternal Love" in Spanish. I loved it! The English version is coming out in June.
Check out the lovely book trailer I just found in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnKNHN46Fxc
Or simply write the title and it will come out.
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