Tuesday 25 June 2013

European Reading Challenge 2013




ROSE CITY READER (aka Gilion Dumas) is hosting a reading challenge. I reached the Five Star (Deluxe Entourage) level of participation already long before entering the challenge. Admittedly, I don't aim at winning the Jet Setter Prize because I loathe being pushed by competition, but I definitely want to read more diverse European literature. I adore the idea of making a literary tour of Europe. It's unlikely that I'll be able to read something from every single one of the fifty countries listed (some are really tricky), I'll try my best, though.

By the way, if you like, you can still join in. Just click above on the image, the headline or the link to Gilion's blog!

Here's the list of my reads set in the respective country – including the links to reviews which I wrote about some of the books:

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria
Young Gerber by Friedrich Torberg
Chess by Stefan Zweig
Engel des Vergessens by Maja Haderlap (no English edition found)
Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland


France
Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
Georgia

Germany
Greece

Hungary

Iceland
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
Der gute Liebhaber by Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (original Icelandic title: Góði Elskhuginn; no English edition found)
Ireland

Italy

Kazakhstan
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal
Republic of Macedonia

Romania
Russia
San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia
Slovenia
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Spain
City of Marvels by Eduardo Mendoza


Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom   
The Art of Leaving by Anna Stothard
Vatican City

 

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