Beers&Books (457) – Storytellers of the world

Short stories from 28 countries.
Published 40 years ago.
Still excellent!

 

Beers & Books (456) – Fernanda Melchor: Saison der Wirbelstürme

Hurricane Season
*
Temporada de hurracanes 

Fernanda Melchor *1982

Beers & Books (455) – El amante bilingüe

El amante bilingüe

Juan Marsé (8 January 1933 - 18 July 2020) 

Beers & Books (453) – Edgar Hilsenrath: The Story of the Last Thought

The Story of the Last Thought

Edgar Hilsenrath (2 April 1926 – 30 December 30, 2018)

Beers & Books (452) – Jóanes Nielsen: Fliegende Hunde auf schwimmenden Inseln

Flying dogs on swimming islands

Jóanes Nielsen *5 April 1953

Beers & Books (451) – Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) 

Beers & Books (450) – Arguedas: Deep Rivers

Deep Rivers / Los ríos profundos

José María Arguedas (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969)

Coffee time with Llamazares

La lluvia amarilla

 

Julio Llamazares * 28 March 1955

Coffeetime with Eco

The eternal fascism

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 Februry 2016)

Roberto Saviano *22 September 1979

Coffee time with Satyajit Ray

Spring is in the air

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992)

Six desired, one surprise

2326 pages literature at its finest.

Laughing Lhursday* – Japanese simple

Describes the sound of splashing or spraying liquid,
 or fish jumping out of the water.

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

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

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986)

Beers&Books (434) – Franz Werfel: Masterful Tales

Franz Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945)

Beers & Books (431) – Llamazares: The yellow rain

The yellow rain
*
La lluvia amarilla

 

 Julio Llamazares *28 March 1955

Laughing Lhursday* – "Reading sucks!"**

"Books?
No, thanks!

 

Just no books!

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration. 

** I know a little boy who after all has started to love reading! ;-) 

Beers & Book (428) – Italian narrators

Italian storytellers, 13th til 18th century

Beers & Books (423) – Mercè Rodoreda: Short stories

La meva Cristina i altres contes
*
My Christina & Other Stories 

 

Mercè Rodoreda (10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983)

Coffeetime with Lemprière's Dictionary

Lemprière's Dictionary

What I see when I turn around

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Update: 
The photo shows about ten per cent of my exquisite little library.

On the left shelf from top to bottom. 1+2: French literature; Irish literature below. 
Centre shelf: 1+2: Russian authors; 3-5 (up to the owls): Italian authors; 6: South American literature.
Right shelf: 1+2: African and Asian literature; 3: Icelandic and Scandinavian literature (Faroe Islands, Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danes; 3+4: Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish literature. 5. continuation of Latin American authors, plus (not in the image) Iranian authors.