Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) – Gabriel García MÁRQUEZ
What do you do when you come up against an author who is pretty clearly established as THE major voice of Latin American fiction of the 20th century? It’s not […]
Tag Archives: Nobel Prize
Disgrace (1999) – J.M. COETZEE
I should start this review by admitting I’ve never had much interest in reading Coetzee. The only thing I really know about him is that I never know whether to […]
The Museum of Innocence (2009) – Orhan PAMUK
Clearly it’s been some time since I’ve written anything here. Sorry for that – it’s been quite a busy few months, and I’ve not had a whole load of time […]
The Land of Green Plums (1993) – Herta MÜLLER
If you win the Nobel Prize for Literature, you can expect sales to pick up a bit. That, and the rate of people translating you out of your native language. […]
Snow (2002) – Orhan PAMUK
So I started reading this novel three months ago – in the last uni holidays. For me, that’s a really long time ago. The problem is, I kept picking it […]
Independent People (1934) – Halldór LAXNESS
Sorry for the huge gap between reviews – I’ve just arrived back at uni, so there’s a whole load of stuff that’s being going on and which has impeded my […]
The Tin Drum (1959) – Günter GRASS
I started reading this about two months ago. I think that’s a record. I have nearly stopped reading it about four times, I’ve read several other novels, and I’d given […]
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) – John STEINBECK
So, uni holidays are upon us, and this has been sitting on my shelf staring at me for ages. What better way to spend one’s time than by reading a […]
