Beers & Books (449) – Jóanes Nielsen: Die Erinnerungen

Brahmadellarnir

 Jóanes Nielsen *5 April 1953

Beers & Books (448) – Jaume Cabré: Die Stimmen des Flusses

La voces del Pamano

 
Jaume Cabré * 30 April 1947

Beers & Books (446) – Charlotte Mew: Poems

Well, and this was the surprise on top.

Charlotte Mew (15 November 1869 – 24 March 1928)

Beers & Books (445) – J. Johnson: Now in November

Now in November

Josephine Johnson (20 Juni 1910 – 27 February 1990)

Beers & Books (444) – Rushdie: The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour
*
In the South I enjoyed best.

Salman Rushdie *19 June 1947

Beers & Books (443) – William Heinesen: Noatun

Noatun = We

William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991)

Beers & Books (442) – Nedrejord: Acht Jahreszeiten

Sameproblemet / The Sámi Problem

Kathrine Nedrejord *16 September 1987

Beers & Books (441) – Ásta Sigurðardóttir

Sunnudagskvöld til mánudagsmorguns

Ásta Sigurðardóttir (1 April 1930 – 21 December 1971) 

Beers & Books (440) – Tom Kristensen: Havoc

Hærværk (1930) / Havoc

 
Tom Kristensen (4 August 1893 – 2 June 1974)

Beers & Books (439) – Werfel: Star of the Unborn

Star of the Unborn
(1945/46), science-fiction novel

 
Franz Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945)

Beers & Books (438) – 28 Stories from the Faroe Islands

Of islands I know
Stories from the Faroe Islands
;-)
Even greater than the variety of beers
is the variety of the 28 stories by 27 authors.
A literary tour de force through the 20th century.

Beers & Books (437) – Juan Rulfo: Pedro Páramo

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986)

Beers & Books (436) – Relations Courier 1705

1705. That's how far back
Germany's probably oldest still-existing daily newspaper can look.
And it sometimes reads like it. ;-)
Nevertheless, I'm happy and grateful I was given this copy some time ago.
Reading it reinforced my belief 
that war has probably always been the preferred method of those in power.

Beers & Books (435) – The 40 Days of Musa Dagh

The Fourty Days of Musa Dagh

Franz Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) 

Beers&Books (430) – Jaume Cabré: Jo confesso

Das Schweigen des Sammlers = The Collector's Silence*
*
Jo confesso (2011)
*
Confessions

 

 Jaume Cabré * 30 April 1947

*Apparently, the original title was not considered conducive to sales.

Beers & Books (427) – Spanish narrators

Spanish storytellers, 14th til 20th century.

Beers & Books (424) – Mercè Rodoreda

Aloma (1938), La Placa del Diamant (1962), La meva Cristina i altres contes (1967)
Mirall trencat (1974), Jardí vora el mar (1967), Quanta, quanta, guerra (1980)

 

Mercè Rodoreda (10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983)

Beers & Books (402) – Three more books fitting the beer

So that I don't get bored, my library has been updated on the occasion of my attempt to orbit the sun one more time, starting today.  

Two novels
and
an anthology with 28 stories

And as an encore:
three books that I had only wished for Christmas ;-)

Beers & Books (400) – Fitzgerald: Master Stories

Master Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald (24 September 1896 – 21 December 1940)

Beers & Books (378) – Alice Munro

Alice Munro (10 July 1931 – 13 May 2024)