The World of Books

The following list is from EuroCrime – a nice blog on European Crime fiction, as well as TV and film:

Rounding the Mark – Andrea Camilleri
The Scent of the Night – Andrea Camilleri
The Serbian Dane – Leif Davidsen
The Princess of Burundi – Kjell Eriksson
Calling Out for You! – Karin Fossum
The Chinaman – Friedrich Glauser
The Exception – [...]

“A person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair,” says Hajime, the main character in this book. And he sees this damage as two-sided, where the person causing the damage is wounded as well: “Maybe I’ve lost the chance to ever be a decent human being,” he goes on to think.
Haruki Murakami [...]

Siri Hustvedt’s What I Loved is a wonderful novel, beautifully written, but also a very demanding book to read, intellectually as well as emotionally.
Siri Hustvedt is an American, but with Norwegian parents. She lives in New York, and is married to, and have a daughter with, the author Paul Auster. She has a Ph.D. in [...]

We all know that Oprah Winfrey is an excellent talk show host. But her influence clearly extends  well beyond her shows. Lady Oprah now rules the American book market. Not as a writer, but as owner of one of America’s most popular book clubs. USA Today Online writes:
Oprah Winfrey’s continuing reign as patron saint of [...]