Hope you’re enjoying your literary travels. It’s been 200 years since Frankenstein was first published; today, we can confidently say that the old classic has had a deep impact on the world culture and is reflected in numerous books, movies, and TV shows to date. Of David Grossman (Israel), my favourite writer, please do not miss Be my knife . In addition to assigning the reader roles at various points, it requires intense concentration. Absolutely Awesome! This is the most extraordinary blog I’ve come across so far. Thanks for stopping by. This means that the rituals and practices described in the text do not have the dutiful, anthropological air that often characterises such passages in translations of literature from less widely known cultures because they play a role in advancing the action. Excellent, thanks Tasja – I’ll check it out. Mahala was in London to interview one of a handful of surviving friends and associates of the dissident writer Can Themba, who died in the late 1960s. Best of luck to you! This is a great project! Whilst a quickish reader myself, I calculate I’ll be done by 2018! Thanks so much for the blog! As with many books that draw on traditions beyond Western literature, the pacing and structure of The Madwoman of Serrano make it a challenging read for those used to the mainstream output of the anglophone publishing industry. Hi Ashley. Thanks very much Michelle. Taken from the blog "A Year of Reading the World," the following is a selection of the books Anne Morgan has read and reviewed for her project. Thanks Jonah. I happened to jump to this website and very amazed by your project! Inspiring and amazing after I watch your sharing from TED! Congratulations and best luck! Just curious – do you focus on remembering what you read at all or have a system? My post with your nomination will be up soon, and you can choose to accept or decline the award. The US President isn’t just making global headlines these days; he is ruling the world of books and literature as well. I thank you for sharing this amazing journey with us because it is a true inspiration , I wanted to share my blog with you, in case you where interested in helping me with my feminist book tour ! I pay for it from the money I earn through my published writing. However, America and Europe were no laggards. I too I’m doing something like this, it’s an idea that bumped to me this summer. Thanks very much. I am a chinese boy,a college student,I found you in today’s morning when I watch your good speech in Ted.I wrote down your Blog’s website. Thanks for spending some time with us, Ann! He is from Denmark and he writes very beautiful fairy tales) … if you search for Jen Campbell on YouTube she has a channel where she talks about books and a lot of them are about fairy tales /fairy tale retellings. “A Year of Reading the World”: Ann Morgan Shares Her Top Picks with Us! Otherwise it’d be very difficult to read about the country for massive length books like say War and Peace by Tolstoy and still read all the 195 books. Thanks! In her foreword, co-translator Nina McPherson warns that the Orwellian quality of the Communist rhetoric spouted by certain characters is deliberately satirical, as if worried that such sections might jar or disconcert readers. I read Martin Kohan’s Seconds Out for Argentina, which was great. Hi Ann! What argentinian author have you chosen? I love it! http://wp.me/p2jC53-136, It’s an honor well earned! And the list is brilliant!!! Book reviews can be difficult for me; yours are wonderful! I look forward to all the wonders I’ll get to read from recommendations off of your site. That’s lovely to know. Pingback: Most interesting artist from your country - Page 12 - Historum - History Forums, Pingback: Journalist Ann Morgan Read a Book From Every Country - GalleyCat, Pingback: Can books cure your depression? I’ll be fascinated to hear how you get on. As someone who is addicted to books I chose this video to talk about and I got so inspired by the questions you asked yourself. Pingback: Post-Calabash post | Talking back to the night, Have you read “Train To Pakistan” by Khushwant Singh? In the end, however, he solved the mystery – in South Africa, the novel had been published with a much more direct title: Period Pain. ( Log Out /  Consider this: In Africa, the reading time on mobile jumped up by a whopping 32% in 2018. watched you on ted.com and loved the idea. Have you already covered a German book? The most-mind boggling statistic to come out of Australia during the compilation of this infographic was that people just can’t enough of what J.K Rowling writes. However, this might not hold true for European nations like France, where daily reading time is only 2 minutes. After reviewing every single book I read (I plan to read about 10 books), I will then try to write something organic about my experience. Clearly, it was time I read his book. hey, Also based on Themba’s life, it was a run-away success when it opened in South Africa in 2016 and is now being developed into a film. Thanks very much. Indiana manages a rare feat: communicating a coherent experience of confusion, such that readers are able to inhabit Argenis’s bewilderment at being at once in his present and among buccaneers in the distant past without evoking the sort of frustration that would render the story unreadable. i decided to read around the world, I have chosen a few books and then discovered your blog. 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