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  1. Rigana

    Dava Sobel: Galileo's Daughter

    I'm currently reading this book and wondered if anyone has some thoughts on it? Amazon.com: I'm only 60 pages in, so I haven't made my mind up about this yet. I can only give a few first impressions: I like, how the author quotes letters and publications in the book, it certainly adds...
  2. Rigana

    Walter Moers

    Mafalda mentioned him on various occasions and I think that he deserves his own thread. There already exists a discussion about his novel "The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear", but "Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures" and "The City of Dreaming Books" will be published in the US soon, too...
  3. Rigana

    Tobias Wolff: Old School

    I ordered this book from the library today and wondered if anybody has read it yet? Here is the Amazon page of the book for some further info.
  4. Rigana

    Bertolt Brecht: The Good Person Of Szechuan

    I just finished reading "Bertolt Brecht: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (The good person of Sezchuan)", which was a very interesting read. Three gods looking for one good person in the world, who doesn't live in an inhumane way. They seem to find this person in the prostitute Shen Te, but how long...
  5. Rigana

    Max Frisch: I'm Not Stiller

    Having a look around amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, it seems that this novel is hardly known outside the German-speaking countries, which it doesn't deserve. The novel starts out in a Swiss prison, where the main character, the American White, is accused of being the missing Anatol Stiller, a...
  6. Rigana

    Another Newbie..

    Finally made it! :) Have been lurking around for quite some time now... :rolleyes: ..and it's such a great place here! Well, I'm from Germany and still go to school, thus my english isn't perfect yet. But I'll do my best. ;) I'm currently reading 'Life of Pi', but I am usually more...
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