What are the greatest foreign writers and what are their books?
Please exclude writers from U.S and Britain since i already know a lot of them. i'm trying to read something from outside of U.S
Please exclude writers from U.S and Britain since i already know a lot of them. i'm trying to read something from outside of U.S
altgrave
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miguel cervantes and his, "don quixote" (sometimes, "quijote").
jorge luis borges - all works (except his poetry - not having read it, i can't recommend it)
the author of, "if on a winter's night a traveller,,," (yes that's the name of the book, and i suggest you NOT start with that one), whose name escapes me, just now. try, "invisible cities". ah! italo calvino is the author (i'm old! my memory's bad!)
umberto eco - all works
alexandre dumas, pere - all works, pretty much (somewhat lighter than the other stuff, above)
that's a start (and a damned good one).
chaoslover
Homer , Chekov, James Joyce, Kafka, Thomas Mann, Marx,Seneca, Jean Genet, Albert Camus, Cervantes
Chuang T,zu. Confucius,
solestar
Paolo Coelho- the Alchemist, Franz Kafka-theMetamorphosis, Marcel Pagnol-Jean De Florette and Manon de Sources, Miguel De Cervantes-Don Quijote
just to name a few
♫Pavic♫
Michel Tournier, Umberto Eco (The name of the rose), Italo Calvino, Yukio Mishima, Herta Muller.
melon
Contemporary foreign (and good writers) - you should read any of their books - Milan Kundera, Ismail Kadare, Milorad Pavic, Amelie Nothomb, Michel Houllebeck. Their books are really great!
And, by the way, Coehlo it's soap