Thursday, March 6, 2008

b's Orbis Terrarum Challenge book picks

Farmworker's Daughter, Rose Castillo Gibault (USA)
Moving Parts, Magdalena Tulli (Poland)
Sarajevo Marlboro- Miljenko Jergovic ( Bosnia)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moshim Hamid (Pakistan)
Love Marriage- V.V. Ganeshananathan (Sri Lanka)
The Writing Circle, Rozena Maart (SouthAfrica)
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
(Australia)
Aura-Carlos Fuentes (Mexico)
Persepolis and Persepolis 2, Marjane Satrapi (IRAN)

Note: Completed books are in ORANGE.




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have read The Book Thief from your list. Great choice. I loved this book. Very innovative style, great fun, easy read but very powerful writing. Deep characterizations and a fresh look at germany during nazi times. I am sure you will enjoy it.