Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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Platero y yo es el libro más bello de la narrativa lírica contemporánea. Al leerlo …
Libro muy bien escrito en un español como ya no existe; libro viejo, claro, por lo cual se trata de una sociedad que ja no existe pero tambien probablemente por eso tiene este parfum de nostalgia... Disponible en Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9980
"The Jar" by Ray Bradbury is a short horror story about Charlie, a man who …
Nice little novel like Ray Bradbury knows how to do. Quite intriguing at the same time, and almost an horror story too...
Extremely short story!!
Brace yourself for Frankie’s novel, he’s more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.
There …
The book has 2 kinds of chapters: "diary", and "stand up". The problem with the "stand up" part is that I can't really read that. I mean it's one thing to hear somebody cracking lines after line on stage, but to read it is no fun (for me at least). There is also the fact that if you don't remember what was topical/on TV/the UK current events of 2010-2012, you'll probably miss the point, the pun or the fun of those jokes. So as much as I like him, this book is definitely not for me.
The book has 2 kinds of chapters: "diary", and "stand up". The problem with the "stand up" part is that I can't really read that. I mean it's one thing to hear somebody cracking lines after line on stage, but to read it is no fun (for me at least). There is also the fact that if you don't remember what was topical/on TV/the UK current events of 2010-2012, you'll probably miss the point, the pun or the fun of those jokes. So as much as I like him, this book is definitely not for me.
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and …
Excellent book. Not exactly what I expected. There is a lot in this book, descriptions of Russian revolution, life in Moscow before WWII, but also a lot of sociology and philosophy. Definitely recommended.
Glasshouse is a science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross, first published in 2006. …
Quite a lot in this book. Sociology, space opera (kindof). Sometimes a bit difficult to follow but all in all a nice read from @cstross@wandering.shop. Recommended.
Quite a lot in this book. Sociology, space opera (kindof). Sometimes a bit difficult to follow but all in all a nice read from @cstross@wandering.shop. Recommended.
Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady …
Very good. Loads of plots twists and nice window into icelandic life.. recommended !
Four friends visit the island. But only three return....Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to …
Nice thriller with a good plotwist at the end.
As usual, nice stories interthwined... :-)
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. …
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally …
nice little short story :-)
The River of Time brings together eleven of David Brin's finest shorter works, including 'The …
Collection of short stories commented by the author. As usual in this type of book, some are better than the others :-)
Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest—real estate developer Harry Broll, who …
Not bad, but not my cup of tea. If you have nothing else to read... Very old style macho type of PI.
« L’homme meurt en tous ceux qui se taisent devant la tyrannie. »
Wole …
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...
Londres, 1940. Soucieux de pallier l’anéantissement de l’armée britannique à Dunkerque, Winston Churchill a une …
Excellent jusque la moitié du livre, après, cela devient un peu trop prévisible à mon goût. Pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais, et très différent de ses autres livres. Vaut la peine :-)
Excellent jusque la moitié du livre, après, cela devient un peu trop prévisible à mon goût. Pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais, et très différent de ses autres livres. Vaut la peine :-)