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Very interesting! Thank you so much for your help! :)

May I ask if anyone could explain the title to me in other words? I really would appreciate your help. My mother tongue is German and I have problems to translate the title. Best regards

I read many books by Hamsun and in my opinion "Hunger" is the best of it. So I definitely recommend it! :)

Last weekend at the cinema: Shutter Island - great film with a very intense atmosphere!

I also enjoyed reading this play. This change of the characters - especially the awakening of Nora - is so interesting and fascinating. By the way, there exists also a film with a young Anthony Hopkins and Claire Bloom - in my opinion a very good adaptation.

In my opinion Demian and The Steppenwolf are Hesse's best books. I basically like books about self-discovery or self knowledge unless the stories are told in a more enthusiastic, optimistic way (I don't know how to describe exactly what I mean). Therefore I am not so fond of Siddhartha.

I found The Republic quite interesting. I read it during my study when I occupied with Utopian ideas. A lot of Plato's thoughts can be found in later books like More's Utopia and of course in totalitarian systems. And I like his allegory of the cave. One of my favorites is also The...

Jack Kerouac, On The Road (or anything else by Kerouac)

Due to my work I don't have enough time for reading at the moment and I also try to read books in their original language, which also takes me longer to finish them. Therefore my list of April is very very short: Jerome K. Jerome, Three Man On The Bummel Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Le Petit Prince

I totally agree with this. Walden is one of my absolute favorite books. It always makes me calming down when I'm stressed and gives complete harmony to me. And I also go along with most of Thoreau's philosophical thoughts. I think I would also appreciate a life in the woods without anyone else...

My list would be too long but the movie I've seen most often is probably Thelma & Louise.

Thomas More, Utopia Tommaso Campanella, The City of the Sun Francis Bacon, The New Atlantis

Yes, Kafka is also the first name I have in mind, when I'm thinking about metamorphosis. If I'm not mistaken in Ovid's Metamorphosis you can read the story about Proteus who was able to change/disguise in everyone else. And maybe The Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco could be interesting...

I read this book for my studies and I liked it. The reason I started reading it was this aspect of metamorphosis but I also enjoyed the story of Cupid & Psyche very much.

I studied history so I definitely prefer correct facts. Speculations within a justified frame are okay but when they change proven facts it's unacceptable for me.

Sometimes it's strenuous to read such books but I love this description of details (e.g. Proust). It creates a whole new world or an authentic picture of a time. :)

I'm reading "Montaillou" by Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie. It deals with heretic trials in that village at the beginning of the 14th century. The special thing on this case is that the sources also contain statements and speeches from the poor farmers of Montaillou - voices that usually appear very...

I read both and I like both (in non-fiction I read history or philosophy). And I especially like the mixture of both subjects - for example Umberto Eco. Maybe you are interested in Elias Canetti: in his novel "Die Blendung" english Auto-da-Fe (referring to wikipedia) the main character is...

English isn't also my first language so I know very well how are you feeling. :) I like to read Charles Dickens in English, though these books are usually very voluminous. At the moment I read Jerome K. Jerome, Three Man In A Boat - very funny and not so difficult to understand. Sometimes...

Absolutely! :) I was a little bit astonished to see Gillian Anderson in this British adaptation - but she is really great! Me neither. I think she is a little bit boring (sorry everyone who likes her) but maybe I should give it a try.