Amatka by Karin Tidbeck, Karin Tidbeck
"A surreal and shockingly original debut novel set in a dystopian world shaped by language--literally. Vanja, a government worker, leaves …
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Joerg rated Martiens, go home!: 2 stars
Martiens, go home! by Fredric Brown
Martians, Go Home is a science fiction comic novel by American writer Fredric Brown, published in the magazine Astounding Science …
Joerg rated Die Holländerinnen: 5 stars
Die Holländerinnen by Dorothee Elmiger
Mit blinkenden Warnlichtern fährt die Erzählerin, eine namenlose Schriftstellerin, an den Straßenrand, als ein unerwarteter Anruf sie erreicht. Am Apparat …
Joerg rated Gekränkte Freiheit: 4 stars
Joerg rated Cannery Row: 5 stars
Cannery Row by Steinbeck
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …
Joerg rated The Great Fire: 4 stars
Joerg rated Meet Us by the Roaring Sea: 4 stars
Joerg rated The foundation pit: 2 stars
The foundation pit by Andreĭ Platonovich Platonov (European classics)
Joerg rated The Living Mountain: 5 stars
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain: said a newspaper of this when it was first …
Joerg rated Women in the History of Quantum Physics: 3 stars
Joerg rated Lightning rods: 4 stars
Lightning rods by Helen Dewitt
After failing to succeed as a salesman, Joe finally finds a product he can sell and refuses to fail regardless …
Joerg rated Cassandra at the Wedding: 5 stars
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-wracked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives …
Joerg rated Devil of the Provinces: 5 stars
Devil of the Provinces by Juan Cardenas
After a series of failures, a biologist returns to his hometown to live with his grieving mother. But in this …
