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Name a book (or books) from a country other than your own that you love. Or aren’t there any?
Well seeing as I’m in Australia and the literature world is flooded with American fiction it’s pretty safe to say there’s plenty. I won’t include American fiction though because then the list would be as long as my arm and leg combined!
I enjoyed the following ones from Europe and Asia
- Story of O by Pauline Reage – France
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Britain
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – Britain
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu – China
- Wild Swans by Jung Chang – China
- Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki – Japan
- Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu – Ireland
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy – Ireland
- Kallocain by Karin Boye – Sweden
No other ones come to mind at the moment even though I know there are more. I definitely have quite a few foreign authors on my shelves, but I haven’t read any of them yet.
What are yours? Link me up if you participate so I can check out your books.
That’s quite a lot, I try to limit the number of my books.
I am curious with skulduggery pleasant.
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The author of Skulduggery lives in Ireland, but I don’t know if he actually hails from there.
I think he is from the United Kingdom though.
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Excuse me… Karin Boye was from Sweden, not Switzerland! As am I. 🙂 Here is my BTT: Foreign
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Oh my bad! Thanks heaps for pointing that out! I was thinking to myself, when I was typing it, that it didn’t sound right.
Goes to show you should check everything before hitting post.
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I loved, loved, LOVED the Story of O! And I am really happy that I found someone else who liked The Art of War. Great list! Mine is at The Caffeinated Diva!
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Excellent. Have you noticed that Art of War gets mentioned a lot, but people don’t necessarily say they enjoyed reading it or liking it?
I’ll be paying you a visit shortly!
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Ooh Harry Potter is a good call. Great pick!
I started a new meme today called What Were They Thinking? If you want to participate it’s at The Crowded Leaf.
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I’ve seen that one around in the last few days, so that’s where it came from.
Awesome, thanks for sharing it! I’ll have to have a go at that one when I have some time. I’m fast becoming a meme addict…
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You have quite a list of books there. Mine isn’t quite that long.
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I was getting a little carried away. I actually had to stop myself at one point and cut down!
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Good choices. Some new ones there for me.
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Thanks for stopping by Margaret!
I had a look on your blog and I couldn’t find your BTT post.
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Interesting list! I’m going to look up those Irish books.
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Thanks for stopping by Marie, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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