Books I read in 2022 - number 2:
Ken Bugul is a Senegalese novelist, whose book Riwan fascinated and challanged me. She describes the polygamous environment of a village in Senegal and the way the polygamous system is seen from the female perspective. The book kept me very busy and did not let me go.
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Books that I read in 2021 - number 30:
Now I have finally read the last part of the Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen. „Dependency" is the title of this also short book. It is indeed the most spectacular of the three parts (but also the most challenging for me). It relentlessly describes the story of a drug addiction from the inside. No wonder that the humour of the first two parts is somewhat lost in this topic. It is still extremely gripping to have the power of addiction described in this way.
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Books that I read in 2021 - number 27:
I read this book very quickly and cried at the end. The story is simple and hard: a woman in rural India in the 1950s tries to survive the famines and blows of fate with her family. I have rarely heard poverty explained so clearly and simply. A page turner.
#KamalaMarkandaya #india #femalewriter #autorin #LIBeraturpreis #novelist #journalist #mysore #buch #empfehlung #pageturner #semi-autobiographical #books #literature #poverty
Books that I read in 2021 - number 26:
This is a book of short stories by a Vietnamese female writer. In general, I liked the inside view, which was new to me. Some stories seemed a bit outdated in their gender portrayals and others I found very humorous and peculiar. I often loved the narrators voice. Now I would be interested in a novel by the same author.
#PhamThiHoai #vietnam #shortstories #kurzgeschichten #autorin #bücher #books #literature #hanoi #humor #religion #empfehlung #femalewriter
Books that I read in 2021 - number 25:
This is a novella by the German female writer Christine Wunnicke. The title is: Nagasaki, ca 1642. In a very unique and exciting way, the text intertwines colonial history with a love story between cultures and times. It touched me very much and I can definitely recommend it.
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Books that I read in 2021 - number 24:
Aufbrechen (setting off) is the German title of this novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga, the original title is Nervous Conditions. A really important book about a girl in a village in Zimbabwe who tries to break away from her family. I loved all the details of the story and how family life is shown as something so fluid and complex. Gave me a new perspective and erased many clichés in my head. It's so good to hear a female, black voice.
#TsitsiDangarembga #zimbabwe #africa #femalewriter #roman #bücher #afrika #novel #books #filmmaker #autorin #regisseurin #mädchen #aufbrechen
Books that I read in 2021 - number 21:
This is a book just translated into German by the French anthropologist Nastassja Martin entitled "Believing in the Wild". She describes the impact of a fight with a bear on a research trip in Kamchatka that will change her life. The book was a big hit in France and I also read it through in two days, completely fascinated. I love books that challenge me and broaden my horizons. This is exactly that kind of book.
#NastassjaMartin #kamtschatka #bear #anthropologie #ewenen #literature #femalewriter #buch #autorin #books #empfehlung #gesicht #france #russia #dreams #träume #wild
Books that I read in 2021 - number 19:
Right after the first part, I have now read the second part of the Copenhagen trilogy by this great female writer. Youth is the title and that is exactly what this unfortunately very slim book is about. With a clear, humorous style, she describes her years after leaving school and her path to becoming a poet. Now I have really turned into a Tove Ditlevsen fan.
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Books that I read in 2021 - number 17:
It took me a while to immerse myself in the world of this book. This is the first part of the "Copenhagen Trilogy" by Danish female writer Tove Ditlevsen. Her own language creates an amazing connection from the heart of the working-class child in 1920s Copenhagen directly to the future, to us today. Now I have finished the book and want to buy the second part immediately. What a discovery.
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