Category: The World of Books
By Peter on Jan 4, 2010 in Classical novel, D.H. Lawrence, Excellent book, Fiction Books, The World of Books, World literature, bestseller, book review | 0 Comments
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a delightful novel and surely one of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century. It is a book with a history – a previously banned book. It was banned in England and the United States after its initial publication in 1928 due to the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its [...]
By Peter on Nov 26, 2009 in Classical novel, Excellent book, Fiction Books, Jonathan Swift, The World of Books, World literature, book review, fantasy | 1 Comment
The world literature is full of treasures. One of them is Gulliver’s Travels, a truly remarkable and excellent book. It is a book everybody has read. But most have read it as a children’s book, and many in an edited version where some of the social critique and some of the sexual content in [...]
By Peter on Apr 29, 2009 in Award winner, Classical novel, Crime Books, Excellent book, Fiction Books, Historical Fiction, The World of Books, Thomas Mann, World literature, book review | 0 Comments
Some works of art are almost logically impossible. Often literature and art capture and present phenomena in ways that contribute to their understanding. This most certainly is the case with the wonderful novel Buddenbrooks. If it is at all possible to convey 19th century German bourgeois atmosphere and culture in a single book, then [...]
By Peter on Apr 16, 2009 in About authors, Alexander Kent, Historical Fiction, The World of Books, bestseller | 0 Comments
There is simply, to me, nothing like great naval fiction to sit down with and have a truly wonderful and enjoyable reading time. The sea story is one of the most enduring and enjoyable staples in popular literature. Tales of stout men under sail, with blasting cannon hurling iron across the water at one another, [...]
By Peter on Apr 1, 2009 in Excellent book, Fiction Books, Norwegian Writer, Susan Choi, The World of Books, Thriller, bestseller, book review | 0 Comments
After fictionalizing elements of the Patty Hearst kidnapping for her second novel (the 2004 Pulitzer finalist American Woman: A Novel), here Choi combines elements of the Wen Ho Lee accusations and the Unabomber case to create a haunting meditation on the myriad forms of alienation.
The suggestively named Lee, as he’s called throughout, is a solitary [...]
By Peter on Mar 10, 2009 in Crime Books, Fiction Books, Historical Fiction, Jeffrey Archer, The World of Books, Thriller, bestseller, book review | 0 Comments
Jeffrey Archer, the somewhat controversial British master storyteller, whose novels and short stories have topped the bestseller lists around the world, and with sales of more than 135 million copies, has just published a new novel. This one, Paths of Glory, is different from other books Archer has written – it is a novel based [...]
By Peter on Jan 11, 2009 in About authors, Crime Books, Excellent book, Jo Nesbo, The World of Books, bestseller | 0 Comments
New York Times today reviewed Nemesis, one of Jo Nesbo’s Inspector Harry Hole crime novels. The sexy, soulful Oslo homicide detective is getting to be increasingly popular both in Europe and in the US.
The review of Nemesis was very positive, but the reviewer thinks Nesbo may be a little too tidy in his writing:
Nesbo falls [...]
By Peter on Nov 29, 2008 in About authors, Excellent book, Swedish crime book, The World of Books, bestseller | 2 Comments
Henning Mankell, the Swedish international bestselling author, will now be featured on BBC. The grumpy, newly divorced, middle-aged and opera-loving detective Kurt Wallander will make his appearance on the box in England this weekend.
Inspector Kurt Wallander is being played by Kenneth Branagh in BBC1’s new Sunday-night crime drama Wallander. In this crime series both [...]
By Peter on Aug 2, 2008 in About authors, Cormac McCarthy, Excellent book, Ken Follett, Norwegian Writer, Paolo Coelho, Per Petterson, The World of Books, Thriller, bestseller | 0 Comments
Per Petterson is placed on the 16th place on the New York Times bestseller list for paperbacks this week! Very nice for Per Petterson!
Paperback Trade Fiction, Published: August 10, 2008
1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by [...]
By Peter on May 27, 2008 in Fiction Books, The World of Books | 0 Comments
May 3, 2008: Times (London)
1 Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
2 The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
3 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
4 The Quest by Wilbur Smith
5 An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi
6 Gold Diggers by Tasmina Perry
7 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8 Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson
9 [...]
